South Africa monitoring COVID-19 spread
South Africa’s teams remain on high alert to survey, detect and contain the spread of COVID-19 in general, with heightened…
Professor Abdool Karim appointed to WHO Science Council
Professor Salim Abdool Karim has been appointed to the newly formed World Health Organisation (WHO) Science Council. According to the…
Mkhize: Africa should produce its own vaccines
Africa should be able to have capacity to manufacture and distribute its own biotechnology to develop vaccines as COVID-19 continues…
South Africa records 548 new COVID-19 cases, 47 deaths
South Africa logged 548 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24-hour cycle, which pushes the total number of infections to…
South Africa records 965 new COVID-19 cases,15 deaths
A total of 24 256 COVID-19 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours, with 965 new cases identified, representing…
SA records 139 more deaths due to COVID-19
A total of 24 920 COVID-19 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours, according to Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize,…
South Africa records 991 new COVID-19 cases
The Health Department has recorded 991 new COVID-19 cases and 103 deaths, bringing the death toll to 50 906. The Free…
SA COVID-19 cases increase by 2 320
As the country witnessed the first vaccinations being administered on Wednesday, the country’s COVID-19 figures increased by 2 320 new cases.…
WHO to make a decision on emergency use listing of AstraZeneca vaccine
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is expected to decide on the emergency use listing of the AstraZeneca vaccine, for the…
COVID-19 vaccine expected to arrive in KZN mid-February
KwaZulu-Natal Premier Sihle Zikalala has announced that the Oxford University Astra-Zeneca vaccine, which arrived in South Africa on Monday, is…