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World Health Organization sounds warning over upcoming religious festivals
Days ahead of Easter and two weeks before Ramadan, the World Health Organization on Wednesday cautioned against crowded indoor celebrations…
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Over 180 000 healthcare workers vaccinated as SA’s Covid count hits 1 535 423
More than 180 000 frontline workers in South Africa have been vaccinated against the coronavirus. Health Minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize,…
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WHO raises nearly $250 million in private donations to fight COVID-19
The World Health Organization said Monday that a fund it launched a year ago to draw donations from regular people…
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Don’t waste the hope of vaccines, warns WHO
Covax will distribute 14.4 million Covid-19 vaccine doses to 31 more countries next week, the WHO said Friday as it…
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First consignment of Covax Covid-19 vaccines arrives in Ghana
Ghana has become the first country to receive coronavirus vaccines through the Covax vaccine-sharing initiative. The World Health Organization (WHO)…
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WHO to send 11 000 Ebola vaccines to Guinea
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Thursday that 11 000 Ebola vaccines will be sent to Guinea to tackle…
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SA offers AstraZeneca jabs to AU
South Africa will give its doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to the African Union after scrapping their use due…
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WHO team visits Chinese virus lab in Wuhan
World Health Organization inspectors on Wednesday visited a laboratory in China’s Wuhan city at the heart of a controversial theory…
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Health department: Covering coffins with plastic unnecessary
Concerns have been raised over the handling of bodies of COVID-19 victims as people fear that the virus might still…
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More than 100 million COVID-19 cases recorded worldwide
More than 100 million COVID-19 cases have now been recorded worldwide, according to an AFP tally. The number of cases…
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Don’t panic, you’ll get vaccine – says WHO
Nobody should panic about getting access to a COVID-19 vaccine because everyone who wants one will get one, the World…
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WHO holds emergency meeting over COVID-19 virus variants
The World Health Organization‘s emergency committee met, two weeks early, on Thursday to discuss the urgent threat from rapidly-spreading new…
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Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams calls for arrest of people seen destroying 5G network towers
Communications Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams has condemned the burning and destruction of cellphone network tower infrastructure amid baseless conspiracy theories incorrectly…
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WHO Europe urges stronger action to contain new virus strain
The World Health Organization is calling on its members in Europe to step up measures against coronavirus in the face…
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New COVID-19 variant driving second wave, says Dr Mkhize
A severe variant of the coronavirus detected in South Africa could explain the rapid spread of a second wave that…
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WHO: COVID-19 vaccine delivery to poor countries to start in early 2021
The World Health Organization and partners said on Friday that the Covax facility, created to ensure equitable access to COVID-19…
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WHO warns Covid-19 crisis not over as vaccine rollout approaches
The World Health Organization has warned that vaccines will be no magic bullet for the coronavirus crisis as nations gear…
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Solidarity Fund commits R327 million toward COVID-19 vaccine
The Solidarity Fund has committed R327-million towards getting a vaccine for South Africans. President Cyril Ramaphosa says the government has…
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Vaccine will not be enough to stop COVID-19 pandemic: WHO chief
The head of the World Health Organization said Monday that a vaccine would not by itself stop the coronavirus pandemic.…
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WHO chief self-quarantines after contact with Covid-19 positive person
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), has said that he is self-quarantining after someone he…
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WHO to supply 120m rapid Covid-19 test kits to low-income countries
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced a comprehensive plan to make available 120 million Covid-19 rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) to…
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WHO delivers Europe death warning as infections hit new high
Europe will face a rising death toll from the coronavirus during autumn, the COVID-19 (WHO) warned as the number of…
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Professor Karim says SA is in a good place in fight against Covid-19
Professor Salim Abdool Karim says that while South Africa is “in a good place” with the number of Covid-19 cases…
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Slim chance of COVID-19 reinfection – WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) says there is a very slim possibility of people getting reinfected with the COVID-19 virus.…
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World Health Organization hopes to end the COVID-19 pandemic in less than two years
The World Health Organization (WHO) said it hopes the planet will be rid of the coronavirus pandemic in less than…
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WHO warns COVID-19 pandemic might be lengthy
The World Health Organization on Saturday warned the coronavirus pandemic was likely to be “lengthy” after its emergency committee met…
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COVID-19 by far worst global health emergency: World Health Organization
The new coronavirus pandemic that has infected more than 16 million people is easily the worst global health emergency the…
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Coronavirus latest: Record daily rise in new COVID-19 cases
The World Health Organization (WHO) reported a record increase in global coronavirus cases on Friday, with the total rising by…
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Don’t expect COVID-19 vaccinations until 2021 – WHO expert
Researchers are making “good progress” in developing vaccines against Covid-19, with a handful in late-stage trials, but their first use…
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World Health Organization reports daily increase in global coronavirus cases
The World Health Organization reported a record increase in global coronavirus cases on Sunday, with the total rising by 230,370…
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WHO to resume COVID-19 trials on malaria drug hydroxychloroquine
The World Health Organization announced that clinical trials of the drug hydroxychloroquine will resume as it searches for potential coronavirus…
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WHO suspends trial of chloroquine as COVID-19 treatment
The World Health Organization said Monday it had “temporarily” suspended clinical trials of hydroxychloriquine as a potential treatment for COVID-19…
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COVID-19 Virus will be with us for a long time: WHO
COVID-19 will stalk the planet for a long time to come, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, warning that most…
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WHO warns lifting of coronavirus lockdowns must be gradual
The World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Tuesday that any lifting of lockdowns to contain the spread of the novel…
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Covid-19 is 10 times more deadly than swine flu: WHO
The novel coronavirus is 10 times more deadly than swine flu, also called H1N1, which caused a global pandemic in…
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City of Joburg aims to have over 70 COVID-19 testing sites
Johannesburg mayor Geoff Makhubo on Tuesday said officials were working to have more than 70 coronavirus testing sites in the…
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Avoid taking ibuprofen for COVID-19 symptoms: WHO
The World Health Organization recommended that people suffering COVID-19 symptoms avoid taking ibuprofen after French officials warned that anti-inflammatory drugs…
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Coronavirus cases hit 100,000
The number of cases from the new coronavirus topped 100,000 worldwide as official data Saturday showed a significant hit to…
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South Africa to airlift 151 from China within days
South Africa will evacuate 151 citizens from the coronavirus-hit Chinese city of Wuhan within days, the health minister said on…
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World scientists meet to fight coronavirus
Scientists from around the world are reviewing how the novel coronavirus is transmitted and possible vaccines at a World Health…
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WHO warns overseas virus spread may be tip of the iceberg
The head of the World Health Organization has warned that confirmed cases of coronavirus being transmitted by people who have…
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Coronavirus – Limpopo takes precautionary measures
Limpopo authorities are taking precautionary measures after a person working at the Botswana border contracted the flu. Home Affairs Minister…
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World currently not in a pandemic of China virus – WHO
The World Health Organization said Tuesday that the outbreak of the deadly novel coronavirus, which has spread from China to…
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WHO chief says widespread travel bans not needed to beat China virus
World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday there was no need for measures that “unnecessarily interfere with…
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Hong Kong medics strike for China border closure over virus fears
Hundreds of Hong Kong medical workers walked off their jobs on Monday, demanding the city close its border with China…
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First local polio case found in Zambia since 1995 – UN
The World Health Organization says Zambia has reported its first local case of polio since 1995, in a 2-year-old boy…
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DRC Ebola outbreak international health emergency: WHO
The World Health Organization declared the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo a “public health emergency of international…
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UN official blasts violence against Ebola teams in DRC
The UN special representative to DR Congo has blasted rumours that the world body was trying to cash in on…
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Ebola death toll to pass 1,000: UN
The current Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed nearly 1,000 people, the UN said on Friday,…
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Revamped drug could save lives of many new mothers – WHO
A revamped drug that can withstand extreme heat and stay effective for 1,000 days could “revolutionise the ability” to keep…
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