Covid-19 Updates
Covid-19 Updates
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WHO updates Covid-19 guidelines
The World Health Organization has updated its guidelines on preventing the spread of Covid-19, focusing on mask-wearing in community settings,…
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SA Covid-19: New subvariant being monitored closely
Scientists are producing more genomes to determine if the new coronavirus variant is spreading. The National Health Department has been…
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SA COVID-19: Health department meeting with scientists over new variant
The health department is meeting with scientists to gather more information about the highly transmissible XBB.1.5 COVID-19 variant. Its tweeted…
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WHO urges globe to exercise caution to prevent new COVID-19 variant from emerging
The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimated that at least 90% of the global population developed some level of immunity to…
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Woman retrenched for refusing Covid-19 vaccine wins her CCMA case
Gauteng woman who was retrenched a year ago for not taking the Covid-19 vaccine has won her case against her…
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COVID-19: US tells pharmas to make boosters targeting BA.4 and BA.5
The US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday told vaccine makers that Covid boosters for this fall and winter should…
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South Africa has entered a new phase of the Covid-19 pandemic
Confirmed cases of Sars-CoV-2 have been increasing in South Africa in recent weeks. This has been largely driven by two…
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Pfizer sees high demand for Covid-19 pill as profits jump
Pfizer executives said Tuesday they are confident of strong demand for the company’s Covid-19 antiviral treatment amid easing pandemic rules…
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COVID-19: China reports 13 000 cases, most since end of Wuhan’s first wave
China reported 13,000 Covid cases on Sunday, the most since the peak of the first pandemic wave over two years…
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COVID-19: China reports 2 deaths, first in more than a year
China reported two Covid-19 deaths on Saturday, its first in more than a year, underlining the threat posed by an…
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COVID-19: WTO chief hails vaccines IP compromise
The World Trade Organization chief hailed Wednesday a breakthrough between the EU, the United States, India and South Africa on…
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US ships nearly 1.9 million more COVID-19 vaccine doses to African nations
The United States shipped nearly 1.9 million Covid-19 vaccine doses to Mozambique and four other African countries in the latest…
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WHO applauds SA for response in fight against COVID-19
The World Health Organisation has applauded South Africa for its response in the fight against COVID-19. WHO Director-General, Tedros Adhanom…
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AstraZeneca warns on falling COVID treatment sales
British COVID vaccine maker AstraZeneca on Thursday warned that coronavirus product sales and profit margins would drop this year as…
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AU warns of the danger still posed by the COVID-19 pandemic
The Africa Centers for Disease Control And Prevention has warned of the danger still posed by the pandemic, despite many…
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Covid-19: SA records 3 600 cases and 100 deaths in the last 24hrs
SA recorded 3,658 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) said on…
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Less than 1 700 new Covid-19 cases recorded on Monday
Less than 1 700 new Covid-19 cases recorded on Monday. “Today the institute reports 1 691 new COVID-19 cases that…
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Africa joins race to acquire Pfizer’s COVID-19 Paxlovid pills
Africa’s top public health body said it was in talks with Pfizer about securing supplies of its antiviral COVID-19 pills…
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9 260 new COVID-19 cases, 140 deaths recorded in SA
There have been 9,260 new COVID-19 infections recorded on Friday. Sadly, 140 people succumbed to COVID in the past 24…
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United States records over a million COVID-19 cases in one day
The Omicron Covid-19 variant is wreaking havoc in the US. Data from Johns Hopkins University reveals the country recorded over…
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