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Source: © 123rf As Covax closes on 31 December 2023, reflects on its successes and challenges in the bid to overcome inequity have underscored the clear need for the world to be better prepared the next time a viral threat with pandemic potential emerges

3 lessons from Covax as the organisation draws to a close

20 Dec 2023

UCT professor wins prestigious global award

UCT professor wins prestigious global award

7 Dec 2023

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More than 600 cases of #Covid-19 in Africa

20 Mar 2020

Blood groups - and their antibodies - are being explored in immunity to SARS-CoV2

Glenda Mary Davison 19 Mar 2020

CDC 2019-Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Real-Time Reverse Transcriptase (RT)-PCR Diagnostic Panel. Photo: United States Centers for Disease Control via Wikimedia (public domain)

Covid-19: Why "test, test, test" is easier said than done

James Stent & Nathan Geffen 18 Mar 2020

Covid-19 in Africa: fewer cases so far, and more preparation needed

Akebe Luther King Abia 18 Mar 2020

Covid-19: Alibaba Foundation, Jack Ma Foundation to donate medical supplies to Africa

Covid-19: Alibaba Foundation, Jack Ma Foundation to donate medical supplies to Africa

18 Mar 2020

A vendor distributes newspapers wearing a face mask as a preventive measure against the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus in Nairobi, Kenya. Simon Maina/AFP via Getty Images

Society's most vulnerable will be hit as Covid-19 cases rise in poorer economies

David Evans & Mead Over 17 Mar 2020

LVMH makes free sanitiser for French hospitals during Covid-19 outbreak

LVMH makes free sanitiser for French hospitals during Covid-19 outbreak

16 Mar 2020

President Cyril Ramaphosa

Covid-19 declared national disaster

16 Mar 2020

The St Louis Red Cross Motor Corps on duty with mask-wearing women holding stretchers at the backs of ambulances during the global flu epidemic, St Louis, Missouri, October 1918.
Photo by Underwood Archives/Getty Images

South Africa bungled the Spanish flu in 1918. History mustn't repeat itself for Covid-19

Howard Phillips 13 Mar 2020

Image source: Getty/Gallo

Six new cases of coronavirus confirmed in SA

11 Mar 2020

Anxiety is part of life, but should not take over your life.
fizkes/Shutterstock.com

7 science-based strategies to cope with coronavirus anxiety

Jelena Kecmanovic 11 Mar 2020

It’s a matter of scale.
(Edward A. "Doc" Rogers/Library of Congress via AP

What's the difference between pandemic, epidemic and outbreak?

Rebecca S.B. Fischer 10 Mar 2020

#Covid-19, HIV and TB

9 Mar 2020

City Lodge Hotel Group launches coronavirus protocol

City Lodge Hotel Group launches coronavirus protocol

City Lodge Hotel 9 Mar 2020

#Coronavirus: WHO switches to response mode in fighting Covid-19 in Africa

#Coronavirus: WHO switches to response mode in fighting Covid-19 in Africa

6 Mar 2020

Health Minister, Zweli Mkhize

#BREAKINGNEWS: First case of #Covid-19 in South Africa

5 Mar 2020

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom at an Ebola treatment centre in Itipo. Getty images/ Junior D. Kannah

The DRC is on the road to being Ebola free: how it got here

5 Mar 2020

Bill Chen at San Francisco International Airport after arriving on a flight from Shanghai. Chen said his temperature was screened at the Shanghai airport before he departed.
AP Photo/Terry Chea

Airplanes spread diseases quickly - so maybe unvaccinated people shouldn't be allowed to fly

Christopher Robertson & Keith Joiner 4 Mar 2020

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize.

Plans to evacuate South Africans from Wuhan City

2 Mar 2020

VIDEO: Some basic tips on staying safe from the coronavirus

VIDEO: Some basic tips on staying safe from the coronavirus

Ozayr Patel 2 Mar 2020

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Two South Africans in Japan test positive for Coronavirus

28 Feb 2020

Ebola posters in Freetown, Sierra Leone.
Olivia Acland / Barcroft Media via Getty Images /

Sierra Leone is using lessons from Ebola to prepare for coronavirus

28 Feb 2020

Commuters jam a Toronto subway platform. Widespread adoption of habits that help prevent infection may boost behavioural herd immunity.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graeme Roy

Coronavirus: How behaviour can help control the spread of COVID-19

Peter Hall 27 Feb 2020

Image source: Getty/Gallo

Health facilities on high alert to deal with coronavirus

18 Feb 2020

Alarmed by a rapid spread of Lassa fever, the Nigerian Academy of Science is calling on government to declare a health emergency. Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images

Lassa fever: why there's a call to declare a health emergency in Nigeria

13 Feb 2020

Coronavirus outbreak mapper.

Coronavirus outbreak: a new mapping tool that lets you scroll through timeline

Edward Parker 12 Feb 2020

The spread of false information can have a devastating impact on affected communities. Woohae Cho/Getty Images

False information fuels fear during disease outbreaks: there is an antidote

Marina Joubert 10 Feb 2020

Camp beds set up for travelers returning to Germany from China, who will be isolated for two weeks to make sure they don’t have coronavirus.
YANN SCHREIBER/AFP via Getty Images

Quarantines have tried to keep out disease for thousands of years

Leslie S. Leighton 5 Feb 2020

Lessons from keeping the country free of Ebola have informed steps taken since the coronavirus scare first broke. Shutterstock

Nigeria and disease outbreaks. Better prepared, but still weak spots

Folasade Ogunsola 4 Feb 2020

Image source: Getty/Gallo

Fear spreads easily. That's what gives the Wuhan coronavirus economic impact

Ilan Noy 30 Jan 2020

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Covid-19 in Africa: fewer cases so far, and more preparation needed

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16 Mar 2020

The St Louis Red Cross Motor Corps on duty with mask-wearing women holding stretchers at the backs of ambulances during the global flu epidemic, St Louis, Missouri, October 1918.
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Rebecca S.B. Fischer 10 Mar 2020

#Covid-19, HIV and TB

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City Lodge Hotel Group launches coronavirus protocol

City Lodge Hotel Group launches coronavirus protocol

City Lodge Hotel 9 Mar 2020

#Coronavirus: WHO switches to response mode in fighting Covid-19 in Africa

#Coronavirus: WHO switches to response mode in fighting Covid-19 in Africa

6 Mar 2020

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#BREAKINGNEWS: First case of #Covid-19 in South Africa

5 Mar 2020

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The DRC is on the road to being Ebola free: how it got here

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Airplanes spread diseases quickly - so maybe unvaccinated people shouldn't be allowed to fly

Christopher Robertson & Keith Joiner 4 Mar 2020

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize.

Plans to evacuate South Africans from Wuhan City

2 Mar 2020

VIDEO: Some basic tips on staying safe from the coronavirus

VIDEO: Some basic tips on staying safe from the coronavirus

Ozayr Patel 2 Mar 2020

Image source: Getty/Gallo

Two South Africans in Japan test positive for Coronavirus

28 Feb 2020

Ebola posters in Freetown, Sierra Leone.
Olivia Acland / Barcroft Media via Getty Images /

Sierra Leone is using lessons from Ebola to prepare for coronavirus

28 Feb 2020

Commuters jam a Toronto subway platform. Widespread adoption of habits that help prevent infection may boost behavioural herd immunity.
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Coronavirus: How behaviour can help control the spread of COVID-19

Peter Hall 27 Feb 2020

Image source: Getty/Gallo

Health facilities on high alert to deal with coronavirus

18 Feb 2020

Alarmed by a rapid spread of Lassa fever, the Nigerian Academy of Science is calling on government to declare a health emergency. Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images

Lassa fever: why there's a call to declare a health emergency in Nigeria

13 Feb 2020

Coronavirus outbreak mapper.

Coronavirus outbreak: a new mapping tool that lets you scroll through timeline

Edward Parker 12 Feb 2020

The spread of false information can have a devastating impact on affected communities. Woohae Cho/Getty Images

False information fuels fear during disease outbreaks: there is an antidote

Marina Joubert 10 Feb 2020

Camp beds set up for travelers returning to Germany from China, who will be isolated for two weeks to make sure they don’t have coronavirus.
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China building 1,000-bed hospital in 6 days to fight Coronavirus

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30 Jan 2020

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Perspectives from Kenya and Ghana on coronavirus preparations

29 Jan 2020

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SA beefs up surveillance amid coronavirus outbreak

28 Jan 2020

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China in lockdown. EPA

Coronavirus does not look like a 'black swan' event - here are some reasons to be cautiously optimistic

Zheng Wang 27 Jan 2020

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Scientists still searching for causes of mysterious pneumonia outbreak in China

Ririn Ramadhany 24 Jan 2020

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Health implements plan to contain CRE outbreak

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Heavy rains put Kenya at risk of mosquito-borne diseases

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Antibiotic resistance: scientists are reengineering viruses to cure bacterial infections

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