A study in The Lancet this month found that physical distancing of at least 1m lowers risk of COVID-19 transmission, but that 2m could be more effective.
South Africa's testing and tracing has not been at a level needed to suppress the spread of COVID-19. It must now focus on containing opportunities for super-spreading and transmissions.
Stuffed toy versions of the yellow, pill-shaped characters were placed strategically around the auditorium to enforce a rule that viewers leave at least one place free between them and their neighbours.
Experts have long warned that the gatherings could act as stumbling blocks against efforts aimed at curbing the pandemic.
Forty members were handed permits to assist in disaster risk management operations.
About 1,600 households from the Stjwetla informal settlement in Alexandra will be moved to an identified area around in Marlboro.
The new coronavirus has forced a rethink of the handshake. No matter how friendly, it is an exchange of potentially infectious microorganisms.
Evidence is mounting that social distancing successfully slowed the pandemic after more than half of humanity, 4.5 billion people, were confined to their homes.
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A 23-year-old man died in afire that broke out in his home on Wednesday night in Lenasia, as temperatures are dropping and residents remain under lockdown.
MECs across Gauteng are running COVID-19 awareness programnes with acting social development MEC Panyaza Lesufi visiting Tembisa on Wednesday.
World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said masks alone though were no 'silver bullet' to defeating the COVID-19 pandemic, which has killed more than 70,000 people.
Trump has faced criticism for playing down the outbreak in its initial stages. He said early on that the virus was under control and repeatedly compared it to the seasonal flu.
Makhura urged South Africans to stop panic buying in order to reduce overcrowding and potential infections.
Now is not the time to say “mind your own business” – we are all in the same boat and with this virus your actions affect me, wherever you are on the planet, writes Charles Webster.
Celebrity DJ D-Nice has begun hosting virtual dance parties on his Instagram Live channel in an effort to lift spirits as people self-isolate over coronavirus concerns.
They're warning government needs to intervene to prevent the country reaching a tipping point of 100 locally acquired cases of the coronavirus.
