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  • Health Minister: If a facility wants you to wear masks, it's up to them

    Health Minister Joe Phaahla briefed the media following the decision to lift remaining Covid-19 regulations, including the wearing of face masks and restrictions on gatherings. #masks #COVID19

    55 days ago
  • Health Minister Joe Phaahla. Picture: @GCISMedia/Twitter

    Govt's handling of COVID-19 information has been problematic - Malan

    Speaking to Mia Malan, Lester Kiewit took government's poor communication around the repeal of COVID-19 restrictions to task.

    55 days ago
  • FILE: South Africa has dropped its mask-wearing mandate and lifted restrictions on gatherings. Picture: 123rf.com

    Big Concerts elated with govt scrapping masks rule, limits on public gatherings

    The new regulations were gazetted by the Department of Health on Wednesday night and they're in effect from Thursday onwards.

    55 days ago
  • FILE: Two patients with COVID-19, one (L) breathing in oxygen, in the COVID-19 ward at Khayelitsha Hospital, about 35km from the centre of Cape Town, on 29 December 2020. Picture: RODGER BOSCH/AFP

    Vulnerable people urged to be cautious after more COVID restrictions scrapped

    Professor Wolfgang Preiser stressed that those living with underlying health conditions must still apply caution in the face of the virus still being in circulation.

    55 days ago
  • FILE: Minister in the Presidency Mondli Gungubele.

    WATCH LIVE: Govt briefing on outcomes of post-Cabinet meeting

    Minister in the Presidency Mondli Gungubele briefs the media on the outcomes of the Cabinet meeting held on 22 June 2022. He will be joined by Minister of Health Dr Joe Phaahla.

    55 days ago
  • The Cape Town Civic Centre. Picture: 123rf.com

    City of Cape Town to drop remaining COVID restrictions at all its facilities

    This comes on the back of Health Minister Joe Phaahla repealing all South Africa's remaining coronavirus pandemic safety measures, including the compulsory wearing of face masks.

    55 days ago
  • Image copyright: actiongp/123rf.com

    No more masks or restrictions on gatherings, signs Health Minister Phaahla

    The health minister has repealed regulations requiring face masks, restrictions on gatherings and checks at borders.

    55 days ago
  • Western Cape Premier Alan Winde at an engagement with the provincial Department of Health. Image: Twitter/@alanwinde

    WC's Winde again calls for remaining COVID restrictions to be dropped

    Western Cape Premier Alan Winde has welcomed President Cyril Ramaphosa’s move to convene the President’s Coordinating Council (PCC) meeting for Wednesday morning.

    56 days ago
  • FILE: Vials of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine sit on a table at a COVID-19 vaccination clinic on 6 April 2022 in San Rafael, California. Picture: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images/AFP

    Moderna to build UK centre for mRNA vaccines

    The company and the health ministry said in a joint statement that work could start on the manufacturing and research and development centre as early as this year.

    57 days ago
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa. Picture: GCIS

    Govt expected to make announcement on easing of COVID regulations soon

    An apparent leaked Health Department memo suggests that we could soon see some rules being dropped, including the wearing of masks at indoor public gatherings and the cap on public gatherings.

    57 days ago
  • A medical worker collects a sample to be tested for the COVID-19 coronavirus at Hangzhou Railway Station in Hangzhou in China's eastern Zhejiang province on 14 March 2022. Picture: STR/AFP

    Layoffs and exits: Firms in China teeter under zero-COVID pressure

    China is the last major economy welded to a zero-COVID strategy - putting firms and workers at risk of snap lockdowns, freezing activity in the services sector and tangling supply chains crucial for factories to sell their goods.

    59 days ago
  • FILE: The US government has said that as soon as the FDA decision is made, 10 million doses could immediately be sent around the country, followed by millions more in subsequent weeks. Picture: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images/AFP

    Youngest age group approved for Pfizer and Moderna vaccines in US

    The agency authorized Moderna's two-dose vaccine for children aged six months to five years, and three doses of Pfizer's shots for those between six months and four years old.

    61 days ago
  • A South African Social Security Agency office in Pretoria. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/Eyewitness News

    SASSA clears R350 COVID-19 SRD grant processing backlog

    SASSA has paid about 750,000 claims with more expected soon.

    61 days ago
  • Picture: pixabay.com

    'The suffering is enormous,' says WHO as it urges mental health action

    The World Health Organization on Friday called on all nations to invest more in mental health, saying "the suffering is enormous" and has been made worse by the COVID pandemic.

    61 days ago
  • FILE: A sign of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) is seen on 2 October 2018 at their headquarters in Geneva. Picture: AFP.

    WTO agrees fishing, food and COVID vaccine deals

    The talks began Sunday and were due to wrap up on Wednesday - but instead went straight through two nights and on into Friday.

    61 days ago
  • FILE: Aiden Markram bats for South Africa against Australia at the T20 World Cup on 23 October 2021. Picture: Official Cricket South Africa.

    South Africa batsman Markram out of India series after COVID

    South Africa batsman Aiden Markram has been ruled out of the remaining two Twenty20 internationals against India after he tested positive for COVID at the start of the series.

    62 days ago
  • FILE: Western Cape Premier Alan Winde. Picture: @alanwinde/Twitter

    WC's Winde calls on Ramaphosa to end all COVID restrictions

    This comes ahead of the United Rugby Championship final between the Stormers and Bulls in Cape Town this coming weekend.

    62 days ago
  • Vials and syringes of the Johnson and Johnson Janssen COVID-19 vaccine are displayed for a photograph at a Culver City Fire Department vaccination clinic on 5 August 2021, in California. Picture: Patrick T. Fallon/AFP

    World Bank loan will be used to pay for COVID vaccines - Health Dept

    The World Bank has approved a R7.6 billion loan for South Africa's COVID-19 emergency response project.

    63 days ago
  • The kingdom also no longer requires people to show proof of vaccination on an application when seeking entry to enclosed spaces. Picture: Fayez Nureldine / AFP

    Saudi eases COVID measures as first hajj pilgrims arrive

    Beyond those stipulations, "masks are no longer required to be worn in closed places", although owners of establishments can insist they be worn if they wish, the report said.

    65 days ago
  • FILE: Many mask mandates have been lifted but the country has recently seen an uptick in the number of daily virus cases, largely due to new Omicron subvariants. Picture: kuprevich/123rf.com

    US to drop COVID test requirement for incoming air travel

    White House Assistant Press Secretary Kevin Munoz confirmed the news on Twitter, with US media saying the testing requirement would end this weekend after strong lobbying from the travel industry.

    68 days ago
  • FILE: The company doesn't yet have data on durability -- how the new vaccine booster will fare three months and six months out. Picture: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images/AFP

    Moderna announces positive results for Omicron vaccine

    This so-called "bivalent" vaccine was tested in a trial of more 850 adults, who had all received their first three doses of Moderna's original Spikevax vaccine.

    70 days ago
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