By: Aneeqa du Plessis Health experts have warned South Africans to remain vigilant and cautious over Covid-19. This follows the confirmation of the first case of a new, highly transmissible variant that has been detected in the country after it was confirmed in at least 28 other countries across the globe. The local case was discovered in gene sequencing carried out by researchers at Stellenbosch University. Speaking on VOC’s Breakfast […]
The French government's top advisor on COVID-19 warned Friday that a new variant of the disease would "probably" emerge in the winter months this year. The country is currently battling an unprecedented spike in new cases caused by the more infectious Delta variant, which was first recorded in India. "We will probably have another variant arrive during the winter," Jean-Francois Delfraissy, head of the French government's scientific council, told the […]
VOC became the first Muslim radio station in South Africa when a special events license was granted to the station in Ramadan/January 1995. Subsequent temporary broadcast licenses were granted, permitting the station to broadcast for 24 hours.
