The single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine is effective against the Delta variant, which is currently dominant in the country...
The overall decline in new Covid-19 infections means that South Africa can move to Adjusted Alert Level 3 with the associated easing of restrictions on gatherings, movement and the sale of alcohol...
One of the obstacles if you are trying to guide policy and protect people from Covid-19 is the bewildering amount of data available every day...
Steven J Schiff, Andrew Geronimo, Claudio Fronterre & Paddy Ssentongo
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced a new naming system for the coronavirus that uses Greek letters to refer to the different variants...
Ed Feil 3 Jun 2021
Despite the tragic deaths, suffering and sadness that it has caused, the pandemic could go down in history as the event that rescued humanity. It has created a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reset our lives and societies onto a sustainable path...
Ian Goldin 2 Jun 2021
"It is always hectic in the trauma ward, but what happened during the peak of the pandemic will always stick with me ... We kept getting patients who were already dead"...
James Stent & Mary-Anne Gontsana 2 Jun 2021
While the focus has been largely on vaccines, you might have also heard Pfizer is trialling a pill to treat Covid-19...
Peter Wark 1 Jun 2021
South Africa has moved to Adjusted Alert Level 2 today to combat the rising number of Covid-19 infections in some regions of the country...
The news of vaccines sparked joy and relief in many countries, as hopes grew about an end to the pandemic. However, the growth in variants globally has recently dampened spirits...
The first of Bonitas Medical Fund's 30 planned vaccinations sites opened in Roodepoort, Gauteng, last week, from which the fund anticipates initially administering approximately 440 vaccines per day...
Lee Callakoppen, Bonitas 26 May 2021
The R150m Covid-19 and National Health Insurance communications service contract awarded to Digital Vibes was "irregular" and that disciplinary action against all those implicated is underway...
An international study to track where young people are getting their information about Covid-19 and how and what they are sharing across their extensive global networks, was conducted across 24 countries by agency Wunderman Thompson, University of Melbourne and Pollfish survey platform, in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO)...
Wunderman Thompson 26 May 2021
In March 2020, those of us living on the African continent were terrified about what would happen. We had watched Wuhan and then Italy get overrun by Covid-19...
Bruce M Biccard 25 May 2021
South Africa has begun the second phase of its public vaccination campaign, targeting people aged 60 or older...
McAfee has warned that cybercriminals are selling fake Covid-19 vaccines, fake vaccination cards, and fake test results on the dark web...
Death rates among adults in the 30 days after being admitted to critical care with suspected or confirmed Covid-19 was considerably higher (48%) in 10 African countries, compared to the global average of 31.5%...
Elsabé Brits 21 May 2021
Uber has committed 10 million free or discounted trips to make sure that transportation is not a barrier to getting the vaccine...
Uber 21 May 2021
An alliance of five Higher Education Institutions (HEI) has been formed to contribute to the National Ventilator Project, and is now challenging student designers and engineers to demonstrate new and creative ways digital manufacturing can add value...
The South African Liquor Brandowners Association says the proposed restrictions on alcohol advertising and other alcohol policy interventions are irrelevant to the national response...
The Cotton On Group is the first global retailer to partner with Unicef in helping to deliver one million Covid-19 vaccines to the world's most vulnerable...
Accessing retirement saving early to cover the shortfall and stopping retirement savings altogether are two of the alarming trend emerging in a Transunion survey.
Hope and excitement gripped the Munsieville care home in the South African mining city of Krugersdorp on Monday, when people over the age of 60 were called to receive the Covid-19 vaccine for the first time...
Akhona Matshoba & Shafiek Tassiem 18 May 2021
Clicks has received approval from the National Department of Health to offer 47 vaccination sites nationally, with a further 520 awaiting approval for registration...
According to the World Health Organisation, affordable and sustainable access to oxygen has been a growing challenge in low- and middle-income countries since the start of the pandemic.
The next of South Africa's Covid-19 vaccine programme rollsout today, as the rates of infection in parts of the country start to rapidly climb...
Dis-Chem Pharmacies has confirmed its readiness for Covid-19 vaccination rollout...
Covid-19 patients who end up on ventilators in intensive care units are at risk of contracting an invasive fungal infection that might influence their outcomes...
The learnings from the Covid-19 global pandemic have highlighted the need to ensure that the long-term resilience of the health system to respond to future outbreaks...
In a momentous shift, the US recently agreed to support a waiver of the Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (Trips) agreement ...
Erin Hannah, James Scott, Silke Trommer & Sophie Harman 13 May 2021
There are those that are largely adhering to Covid-19 preventative measures, and those that show only limited adherence to the recommended guidelines. It is this latter group that should be of concern as they are potentially super-spreaders of Covid-19...
Andrea Rademeyer, Ask Afrika 13 May 2021
The Solidarity Fund is asking South Africans to come together in its new integrated marketing and communication campaign...
You only have to prevent one case, which could have otherwise led to community spread and lockdown, for such a scheme to pay for itself many times over...
Although the vaccine rollout for healthcare workers has begun, myths and misinformation continue to circulate around its development, efficacy and just how the vaccine will help manage or mitigate the spread of the virus. Lee Callakoppen, principal officer of Bonitas Medical Fund shares 15 facts about the vaccine...
Bonitas 11 May 2021
