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Large shipment of Pfizer vaccines en route to SA: Health Department
The consignment of more than 5 million vials, being donated by the US, will be a significant boost to South Africa's vaccination programme.
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Govt will not borrow to finance fiscal support package - Treasury
The finance ministry and National Treasury held a briefing to unpack the details of the measures meant to cushion workers who lost their jobs and uninsured businesses which were affected.
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WATCH LIVE: Mboweni details COVID economic package announced by Ramaphosa
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni is unpacking the coronavirus economic support package for South Africans as announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa in his address on 25 July 2021.
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UKZN professor says Ivermectin has a positive impact on COVID patients
The University of KwaZulu-Natal's Professor Colleen Aldous said that despite some scientists saying that there was lack of evidence on the drug's efficacy to treat the disease, it did hold clinical benefits.
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Vaccine sites gearing up to increase COVID inoculation capacity
Government is aiming to jab up to 300,000 people per day nationally by next month and here in Gauteng, the target is 100,000 vaccinations every 24 hours in the province.
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Health professionals encourage doubtful young people to get COVID-19 jab
Some youngsters between the ages of 18 and 30 have told Eyewitness News that they would not be getting the jab, doubting the effectiveness of the vaccines.
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Gauteng and KZN seeing decline in COVID-19 cases
While Gauteng remains the epicenter of COVID-19 infections it has seen a decline in the number of new infections compared to the previous week when it was recording more 30% of the overall cases.
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Cosatu warns that employers don't have right to fire unvaccinated employees
The trade union federation said that there were other avenues available to employers instead of going the extreme route of sacking unvaccinated employees.
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As WC enters COVID third wave peak, vaccine demand outstripping current supply
Head of the Provincial Health Department Dr Keith Cloete said this week's vaccine supply for the Cape did not meet current demand.
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Gauteng govt not worried about coping with high volumes of walk-ins at jab sites
Government wants to ramp up progress by administering over 100,000 jabs a day in the province over the next two months.
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SA's COVID-19 death toll rises to 70,338 after 370 more fatalities recorded
Three hundred and seventy more people have died and 7,773 tests have come back positive.
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US tells vaccinated people in high COVID-19 risk areas to mask again
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Rochelle Walensky cited new data that shows rare breakthrough cases involving Delta have an increased risk of onward transmission.
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Sydney lockdown extended by four weeks as virus outbreak grows
People living in hotspots have been urged not to leave their neighbourhoods, but those living alone will be allowed to create a "singles bubble" with another person. Berejiklian said police would step up compliance efforts, while imploring Sydneysiders to report others breaking the rules.
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Ivermectin can’t be dismissed as holding no benefit against COVID: UKZN expert
Geneticist and clinical researcher at UKZN professor Colleen Aldous said the anti-parasitic drug was not a miracle cure, but research she's studied shows Ivermectin is having a positive impact on COVID-19 treatment.
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WC Health Dept says it’s unlikely media industry will be prioritised for jabs
On Sunday, the president announced that an additional 31 million doses from Pfizer and J&J will be available in the next two to three months.
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Gauteng Health says no one who is eligible for the COVID jab will be turned away
Government aims to increase its pace to get as many as 100,000 people jabbed per day while also planning to increase its capacity.
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WC administers more than 1 million COVID-19 vaccines
Western Cape has hit a significant milestone as it enters the peak of its third wave.
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It is critical that Africa produces its own vaccines - Aspen's Nicolaou
'The landmark now is that we have the first Africa-produced Johnson & Johnson COVID that will find its way to South African and African arms,' Aspen Pharmacare's Stavros Nicolaou said.
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Gauteng to increase vaccination sites, aiming to jab 100,000 people per day
Premier David Makhura said that Gauteng wanted to also increase the vaccination sites, especially in the public sector to more than 500.
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FS Health Dept to focus COVID-19 vaccination drive on rural areas
The department's Mondli Mvambi said plans were being made to reach the farming areas and many other hard-to-reach rural settings.
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Some Joburg students happy to embrace permanent move to online learning
Eyewitness News has spoken to some high school students enrolled at the St Stithians online school in Johannesburg who have opted to learn online permanently.
