Omicron variant
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Covid-19 Updates
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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South Africa News
COVID-19: Health Department warns of increase in cases in 4 provinces
The Health Department has urged South Africans to continue taking necessary Covid-19 precautions as cases rise. Scientists are warning the…
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Covid-19 Updates
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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South Africa News
SA COVID-19: New variants will be closely monitored, says Dr Cloete
Newer versions of the Omicron variant are pushing the country’s COVID-19 infection rate up. That’s according to Western Cape head…
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World News
China’s imports fall as COVID outbreaks, lockdowns hit demand
China’s imports shrank on-year in March for the first time in nearly two years, official data showed Wednesday, hit by…
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World News
New Covid-19 variant detected in Botswana, public urged not to panic
Our scientists have been investigating new corona virus mutations detected in Botswana,” said Dr Christopher Nyanga, Permanent Secretary from the…
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South Africa News
NW has administered over 2 million Covid-19 vaccine doses
The North West province is edging closer to its target of inoculating 2.7 million community members against Covid-19, Health MEC…
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World News
China records more COVID-19 cases
China has reported more local symptomatic COVID-19 cases so far this year than it recorded in all of 2021, as…
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South Africa News
South Africa urged to keep COVID immune protection topped up to stave off future waves
Scientists have stressed the importance of keeping the population’s immune protection topped up ahead of future COVID-19 waves. This past…
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World News
Indonesia bans foreign tourist arrivals at Jakarta airport as Covid-19 infections spike
Indonesia has temporarily banned foreign tourists entering the country through Jakarta’s airport, the transport ministry said, in a bid to…
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World News
Chinese scientists say new highly accurate virus test gives results within minutes
Chinese scientists say they have developed a new coronavirus test that is as accurate as a PCR lab test but…
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World News
US death toll from Covid-19 surpasses 900,000
The US death toll from the Covid-19 pandemic surpassed 900,000 on Friday, according to the Johns Hopkins University coronavirus tracker.…
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South Africa News
Emirates to resume flights from SA
The United Arab Emirates has lifted its travel ban on South Africa and four other African countries. These include Guinea,…
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South Africa News
COVID-19: NICD warns of potential backlog in reporting
The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) has reported 128 COVID deaths in the last 24 hours but warned that…
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World News
Australia’s New South Wales marks its highest COVID-19 death count
Australia’s most populous state, New South Wales, recorded its highest number of daily COVID-19 deaths on Saturday as the Omicron…
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South Africa News
WC passes peak of COVID-19 fourth wave
The Western Cape has now passed the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic’s fourth wave. Provincial Health Department bosses gave an…
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South Africa News
France removes SA from its travel red list
South Africa has been removed from yet another controversial travel red list, this time by France, which along with other…
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World News
Bulgaria detects first cases of Omicron coronavirus variant
Bulgaria has detected its first 12 cases of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, the Balkan country’s chief health inspector…
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South Africa News
COVID-19: Healthcare workers have until 14 Jan to get J&J vaccine booster shot
Healthcare workers have until 14 January to get their Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine booster shots. Phase 2 of the…
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South Africa News
SAA confirms Mauritian govt extends travel ban on SA until end of Jan
The South African Airways (SAA) on Wednesday confirmed that the travel ban imposed by the Mauritian government on all flights…
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