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'We are not guinea pigs,' say South African anti-vaccine protesters
Last Wednesday, the University of the Witwatersrand in partnership with Oxford University rolled out South Africa's first clinical trial, which will consist of...
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A ‘dark winter’ as SA braces for COVID-19 peak
Eyewitness News has interrogated statistics from the National Institute for Communicable Diseases over a period of three weeks until 21 June.
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Wits to officially begin SA’s first COVID-19 vaccine trial
The trial subjects will come from hotspots where the risk of the coronavirus was the highest.
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Wits team ready to stop COVID-19 vaccine trial if found to be unsafe
The university will begin trials for the first African COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday.
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Wits University begins SA’s first COVID-19 vaccine trial
The institution said 2,000 people between the ages of 18 and 65 would be enrolled for the trial, which was expected to be run at multiple sites in South Africa.
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Wits seeking citizens who tested positive for COVID-19 for study on rapid tests
Wits' head of Immunology, Professor Elizabeth Mayne, said that volunteers would be expected to provide blood and swab samples and nurses would be sent to the homes of those who could not travel or who were in isolation.
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Online classes and completing the academic year at Wits University
Wits University rolled out online classes on 20 April 2020. EWN spoke to Wits University vice-chancellor Adam Habib and SRC president Thuto Gabaphethe about their views regarding online classes.
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COVID-19: Some Wits students disappointed over closure of accommodation
Students could be seen wheeling their suitcases out of wits university’s main campus. They were instructed to vacate their rooms by Thursday night.
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Court dismisses Wits students’ urgent application over closure of residences
The institution’s lawyers filed opposing papers on Wednesday after two law students turned to the High Court to interdict the university’s decision to vacate students from residences by Friday.
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COVID-19: Wits opposes application by students who don’t want it to close
This came after 350 students were instructed to go into self-quarantine after a medical student tested positive for coronavirus.
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COVID-19: Graduation ceremonies cancelled and contact learning limited
Minister of Higher Education Dr Blade Nzimande outlined the plans his department has for tertiary institutions following the coronavirus outbreak and recent infections in South Africa.
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Masuku: Over 130 people who came in contact with Wits student tested
There are 61 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country, with Gauteng as the provinces with the highest number of infections.
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Wits University confirms student tested positive for Coronavirus
Wits has now cancelled all contact classes for the graduate entry medical class saying the curriculum will continue online.
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Coronavirus: Wits University medical student placed in self-isolation
The institution said despite not showing any symptoms, the student was being monitored.
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4 Wits students partially suspended over accommodation protests
Student representative council leader Thuto Gabaphethe said this was another attempt by the university’s management to silence them.
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Fees Must Fall activist Mcebo Dlamini found guilty of public violence
The former Wits University SRC president will only serve jail time if he is found guilty of similar transgressions within the next five years.
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Wits agrees to provide beds to stranded students - SRC
Student leaders clashed with the university's management over the failure to fund registered students and leaving numerous beds unoccupied.
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Wits: We're prioritising students who’ve been sleeping in labs, library
This comes after students held a mass demonstration on Wednesday, demanding accommodation be provided for at least 200 students.
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Wits says it can’t afford to provide beds for every registered student
This comes after the student representative council held a mass demonstration, demanding accommodation at the institution's main campus in Braamfontein on Wednesday.
