Coronavirus
Kubayi-Ngubane: Tourism sector to fully recover once enough people vaccinated
Kubayi-Ngubane briefed the media in Johannesburg on Thursday on the department's recovery plan to revive the sector.
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Virus reaches Everest as climber tests positive
The pandemic wiped out last year's season, but Nepal has eased quarantine rules in an effort to attract more climbers despite the difficulties of treating them if they contract the virus.
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Egypt to produce 40 million doses of Sputnik V jab
It was the first partnership for the production of Sputnik V in the Middle East and North Africa, Minapharm said in a joint statement with the Russian Direct Investment Fund.
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'Watershed' year for Hollywood diversity amid pandemic streaming boom: report
Darnell Hunt, co-author of the Hollywood Diversity Report, said it was 'encouraging to see skyrocketing numbers this year in front of the camera' for women and people of color.
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4,000 to attend Brit Awards as UK loosens COVID rules
Audience members at London's O2 Arena will not need to socially distance or wear face coverings once seated, but will need to produce a negative test result for the virus.
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Cabinet welcomes SAHPRA recommendation to resume use of J&J vaccine
The rollout to healthcare workers as part of the Sisonke Vaccination Programme was suspended due to fears over rare cases of blood clots in recipients in the US.
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Wrapping up term 1: WCED commends schools’ resilience to cope under COVID
But at least now the first academic term is almost behind pupils, teachers, staff, and parents.
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OPINION: Vaccine on arrival: A new form of health tourism SA will miss out on
South Africa is already a leader in health tourism, based on a world-class private healthcare system, and could have been a destination for vaccine tourism if we had a more responsive state, writes Dr Unathi Sonwabile Henama.
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ANC MP Jacqueline Mofokeng succumbs to COVID-19
The ANC has described the late MP as an advocate and champion of women and children's rights.
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India posts global record of 315,000 daily COVID cases
Health ministry data on Thursday showed 314,835 new infections in the past 24 hours, the most of any country since the pandemic began, taking total cases to 15.9 million, the world's second highest.
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Some WC schools seeking to operate at 100% capacity from second term
At some schools, due to coronavirus restrictions, classes were being held as normally as possible with social distancing in place, while at others, lessons were still being split.
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SPECIAL REPORT: How COVID-19 is SA's baptism of fire in an age of pandemics
Looking back at a year of South Africa's state of disaster, we look at some of the wins, losses and simply survival in South Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Cirque du Soleil announces resumption of shows
Cirque du Soleil announced Wednesday that four of its shows will return to the stage after more than a year on hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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WHO seeks next steps in COVID-19 origins probe
After an international mission to China turned up more questions than answers about the pandemic origins, the WHO is evaluating how to move forward through a diplomatic quagmire to solve the mystery.
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DA pleased municipal polls going ahead, IFP worried about COVID-19 restrictions
President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that the country's local government elections would take place in October.
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NICD assures SA it is monitoring COVID-19 surge in NC, NW, FS
The NICD said that it was working with provinces to ascertain whether the rise in cases could be attributed to cluster outbreaks and has recommend increased testing and contact tracing to contain the situation.
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53 more South Africans die of COVID-19; 1,569 new infections reported
In the last 24 hours, 1,569 infections have also been reported, with more than 1.5 million positive cases identified since the start of the pandemic.
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Pfizer confirms fake vaccine shots on sale in Mexico, Poland: reports
At a clinic in Mexico some 80 people received bogus doses of the drug, which appeared to have been physically harmless, though offering no protection against the potentially deadly disease ravaging the country, a report in the Wall Street Journal said.
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COVID cases on the rise in NC, NW, FS – NICD
It said the team is working with the respective provinces to ascertain whether the rise in cases can be attributed to cluster outbreaks.
