Covid-19 vaccination
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South Africa News
14-year-old Eastern Cape learner facing arm amputation after allegedly taking COVID-19 vaccine
A 14-year-old learner from Tina Falls Primary School in Qumbu in the Eastern Cape is facing a possible arm amputation…
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South Africa News
Big Covid–19 vaccination changes in South Africa
South Africa’s health department has issued a circular that dramatically reduces the intervals between Cominarty vaccines, and allows different vaccines…
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World News
Austria parliament to approve mandatory Covid-19 vaccination
Austria’s parliament on Thursday is expected to approve making Covid-19 vaccinations mandatory for adults from next month, becoming the first…
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South Africa News
No one in SA should be forced to take vaccine against their will: Julius Malema
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has reiterated his stance on the possibility of mandatory COVID-19 vaccination. He…
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World News
Kenya bans unvaccinated from public places as COVID-19 cases soar
People in Kenya will have to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination to use public transport or enter government offices, the…
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South Africa News
Funeral parlours in Soweto encourage residents to take COVID-19 vaccination
Funeral parlours in Soweto, Gauteng, are urging South Africans to get vaccinated and reduce COVID-19 related deaths in the country.…
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Business and Technology
Discovery employees vaccinated as mandatory policy nears
Discovery Ltd. employees have strongly supported a Covid-19 vaccination mandate by South Africa’s largest medical-scheme administrator with almost 95% of…
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World News
Nigeria orders civil servants to show COVID-19 vaccination or negative test from December
Nigeria will require civil servants to show proof of vaccination against COVID-19 or a negative test for the disease to…
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World News
New York’s largest healthcare provider fires 1 400 unvaccinated workers
New York State’s largest healthcare provider, Northwell Health, has fired 1,400 employees who refused to get COVID-19 vaccinations, according to…
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Covid-19 Updates
This is why Covid-19 vaccination numbers are low in South Africa
There is a narrative that vaccine hesitancy fuelled by misinformation and distrust is causing South Africans to avoid getting their…
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South Africa News
Get vaccinated and help fix South Africa’s jobs crisis
South Africa’s largest clothing retailer sees a successful Covid-19 vaccination rollout as key to reopening the economy and adding new…
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Business and Technology
All you need to know before Firing staff for refusing Covid-19 vaccination
South African companies that plan to implement a mandatory Covid-19 vaccination policy have several legal obligations to meet before firing…
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World News
Beijing district hands out shopping coupons to vaccinated residents
Shoppers in a district of Beijing are getting discount coupons if they have received Covid-19 vaccinations, as China tries to…
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World News
DRC postpones Covid-19 vaccination campaign over blood clot fears
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is expected to postpone its Covid-19 vaccination campaign, originally set to begin on Monday.…
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South Africa News
Presidency welcomes withdrawal of DA court case over-vaccination programme
The Presidency says the DA had no cause in bringing its court application to force the government to reveal an…
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South Africa News
DA withdraws court bid against govt on COVID vaccine strategy
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has withdrawn its application in the High Court in the Western Cape against the government on…
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Business and Technology
Mining industry working on ways to assist with Covid-19 vaccination
The mining industry said it can carry out between 60,000 and 80,000 vaccines per day. It said it’s working on…
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Covid-19 Updates
South Africa will use online platform to track COVID-19 vaccination
The government will use an electronic system to keep track of everyone who gets the COVID-19 vaccine as South Africa…
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South Africa News
Solidarity to petition WHO over alleged plans to prioritise black business in vaccine roll-out
Trade union Solidarity says it will send an urgent letter to the World Health Organization (WHO) and the National Coronavirus…
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South Africa News
KZN to work on Covid-19 vaccination sites as it prepares for arrival of vaccines, says MEC Zikalala
KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Premier, Sihle Zikalala says the province is planning to get the ball running in working on Covid-19 vaccination…
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