Covid-19 Updates
Covid-19 Updates
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SA COVID-19: 8 078 new infections, 139 deaths recorded
8,078 new infections have been recorded in the last 24 hours. KwaZulu-Natal is leading in terms of new infections with…
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SA COVID-19: 4 379 new cases, 30 deaths recorded
South Africa records 4,379 new COVID-19 infections in the last 24 hours. The Western Cape is now the country’s epicentre…
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Children aged 15-18 yrs can register on CoWin from Jan 1
Children aged between 15 to 18 years can register online on CoWin from January 1 or can register onsite at…
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Over 4,500 flights cancelled by Christmas day
Over 4,500 flights were cancelled around the world by Saturday and thousands more were delayed as the highly infectious Omicron…
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COVID-19 in SA: 15,465 new cases, three deaths recorded
15,465 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, A further three COVID-19 related deaths have been…
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EU to get 20 million extra vaccine doses to fight Omicron
EU members will get an additional 20 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in the first three months of 2022…
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Omicron Covid-19 cases could be as severe as Delta
A previous Covid-19 recovery provides little shield against infection with the omicron variant, a research team from Imperial College London…
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COVID-19 in SA: Death toll surpasses 90,000 mark
The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) has reported 13,147 new COVID-19 cases in South Africa, which brings the total…
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Here’s why more children are testing positive for Covid-19 this time
As the fourth wave emerges, data indicates hospitals are seeing more admissions of children. The South African network for genomics…
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Cook Islands reports first case of COVID-19
The Cook Islands on Saturday recorded its first case of Covid-19 since the pandemic began, as the South Pacific country…
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No Omicron deaths yet, as variant spreads worldwide – says WHO
The Omicron variant has been detected in 38 countries but no deaths have yet been reported, the WHO said on…
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WHO warns against blanket travel bans over Omicron coronavirus variant
The WHO, in its latest guidance to authorities and travellers, said that people over 60 years of age and those…
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COVID-19 pandemic impacting control of HIV
Unicef says the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic is deepening the inequalities that help drive HIV infection A recent report says 120,000…
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Pfizer CEO says they’re already working on Covid vaccine targeting Omicron
Pfizer has already started working on a version of its COVID-19 vaccine specifically targeting the new Omicron variant in case…
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New Covid-19 variant omicron symptoms
Patients report tiredness, muscle aches, a ‘scratchy throat’, and cough. A South African doctor who raised the alarm over the…
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New COVID variant shuts borders across the globe
A new, heavily mutated COVID-19 variant spread across the globe on Sunday, shutting borders and renewing curbs as the EU…
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Australia bans travellers from virus-hit Southern Africa
Australia imposed new restrictions on Saturday on people who have been to nine Southern African countries, as the new Omicron…
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Why South Africa gets so many Covid-19 variants of concern
One possible reason South Africa presents Variants of Concern of the coronavirus that causes Covid-19 might be because of the…
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EU approves first Covid-19 jab for kids aged 5-11
The EU cleared Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine for use in children aged five to 11 on Thursday, the first jab to…
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WHO: Vaccines reduce COVID-19 transmission by 40%
Covid vaccines reduce transmission of the dominant Delta variant by about 40 percent, the WHO said Wednesday, warning that people…
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