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Two US lawmakers test positive for COVID-19 after Capitol riot
Top Congressional doctor Brian Monahan warned lawmakers over the weekend that they could have been exposed to the virus after taking shelter in an isolation room last Wednesday.
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SA-made device set to ease provision of oxygen-therapy to COVID-19 patients
Dubbed the OxERA, its key components are an anaesthetics mask and an adjustable, mechanical PEEP valve.
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WATCH LIVE: Gauteng Premier Makhura gives update on COVID-19 in Gauteng
On Monday, David Makhura said the City of Tshwane had now become the epicentre of the virus in Gauteng.
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After 10-month delay, England get COVID-19-hit Sri Lanka Test series underway
Joe Root's team, missing Ben Stokes and Jofra Archer, need a convincing win in the two-match series to keep alive their hopes of reaching the World Test Championship final.
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WHO experts to arrive in Wuhan for delayed virus probe
The 10 scientists will investigate the origins of the new virus in a politically fraught mission that comes more than a year after the pandemic began and after accusations Beijing has tried to thwart the project.
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AstraZeneca files bid for EU vaccine approval
The jab would be the third available for the 27-nation EU after the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna drugs, as the bloc struggles to speed up the rollout.
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Australia, China F1 races postponed as coronavirus hits 2021 calendar
The Australian race, usually the season-opener, was delayed from March to November, but no new date was set for the Chinese Grand Prix in a rejigged 2021 calendar.
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Makhura under pressure to outline how GP will deal with COVID-19 surge
Gauteng hospitals are becoming increasingly overwhelmed with patients, especially in the Tshwane district.
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Zim govt orders burials of COVID-19 victims be done in towns where they died
Government said that bodies could not be taken home for family members to pay their last respects.
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DA wants clarity from Ramaphosa on acquisition of COVID-19 vaccines
The party said while it welcomed the announcement that 20 million vaccines have been secured, the details are very vague.
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SAAPA calls on South Africans to support continued ban on alcohol sales
It’s also calling on South African Breweries to withdraw its legal challenge to government's decision to temporarily suspend the transportation and sale of alcohol.
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KZN private hospitals to erect temporary structures to deal with COVID patients
The province’s Health MEC Nomagugu Simelane-Zulu said that both public and private health facilities were under severe strain as they battled the highest number of active COVID-19 cases in the country.
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Ramaphosa raises concern about conspiracy theories around COVID-19 vaccines
While the country is in the process of procuring inoculations for its citizens as it fights the pandemic anti-vaccine sentiments being are expressed by a number of people including those in higher offices such as political leaders.
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Makhura: Tshwane now the epicentre of COVID-19 in Gauteng
That’s according to Premier David Makhura who visited the Steve Biko Academic Hospital on Monday as the facility battles with the sheer volume of patient admissions.
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Naptosa vows to closely monitor schools amid COVID-19 second wave
Naptosa's executive director, Basil Manuel, said that education unions would be meeting with the Basic Education Department this week to track progress ahead of the reopening of schools, slated for 27 January.
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Ramaphosa shuts land borders, keeps alcohol ban in bid to halt virus spread
The president expressed concern that the rising new infections continued to burden the health system, especially in key provinces.
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SA identifies 15,046 new COVID-19 infections in last 24 hours
The latest infections have pushed the country's caseload since the start of the pandemic to over 1,246,000.
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WHO rules out COVID-19 herd immunity this year
England meanwhile launched the first of its mass-inoculation sites in major cities, racing to get ahead of the rapid spread of a new strain of the disease there.
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Strict quarantine awaits world's top tennis stars in Australia
The calendar's first Grand Slam normally starts in the third week of January but planning for this year's tournament has been a logistical nightmare for beleaguered organisers.
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SA's vaccine strategy: All you need to know
During his address to the nation, President Cyril Ramaphosa outlined SA's vaccine strategy, which is in three parts. #Vaccine #Covid19news #CoronavirusSA
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Adjusted level 3 remains, but curfew changes and land borders close
President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed the nation on 11 January 2021 on developments in relation to South Africa's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. #Covid19News #Coronavirus #Ramaphosa
