The party has been embroiled in factional battles that have seen it being led by parallel structures, each with its own president, national executive committee and ...
South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria are appearing as major sources of importations into other African countries, according to the study by leading scientists.
Health Minister said the certificate will be available through a person’s smartphone.
A move to alert Level 2 is imminent after President Cyril Ramaphosa met with the National Coronavirus Command Council (NCCC) on Tuesday.
United National Breweries SA has set a target of vaccinating 90% of all its workers by middle or towards the end of September 2021.
’The government's priority is to convince people to come forward for vaccination voluntarily. ’
Previously there have been complaints about the system and reports about people getting notifications at short notice.
The WHO says it is monitoring a new coronavirus variant scientifically known as B. 1. 621 or ’Mu’ first detected in Colombia.
Dr Edinam Agbenu said vaccine hesitancy in Africa is a result of significant vaccine shortage on the continent. Since vaccines started arriving, the uptake had also ...
The health minister said that he doesn’t foresee a kind of national government regulation which will force everyone to get vaccinated
Limpopo liquor traders are discussing refusing to sell alcohol to unvaccinated customers.
Serious adverse events after vaccination are rare and account for just 0. 02% of the 7. 1 million doses doses administered in the country, says the South African ...
’TV and radio are by far the most preferred forms of communication, even among regular users of social media. ’
The recent discovery in Guinea has highlighted the need for local surveillance and research into emerging diseases.
“We have to keep maintaining these prevention measures, rather than relying on trying to treat conditions when people get to the hospital. ”
While reports have emerged of fully vaccinated people becoming infected with Covid-19, health experts say these cases are to be expected.
In the week of July 18 to 25, 336 inmates and 256 officials tested positive for Covid-19 in prisons across the country.
The committee said they were concerned about the Northern Cape, which was yet to come out of the second wave.
National Institute for Communicable Diseases report says 11,129 children were hospitalised for Covid-19.
On Monday, a total of 137,367 vaccines were administered, the highest since the vaccination programme started nearly three months ago.
The variant has been detected in as many as 30 countries, including in North and South America, Europe and Oceania.
“This is an extraordinary display of disregard for the public interest at a time of great crisis in South Africa. ”
“From the 1st of July 2021, we will open registrations for all citizens between ages of 50 years and above. ”
The department has set out to vaccinate its 582,000 teachers and school personnel within 10 working days.
The country’s positivity rate is 16. 3%, which is more than the World Health Organization’s (WHO) recommended positivity rate of 5%.