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High court to hear arguments by AfriForum on why doctors should prescribe Ivermectin for COVID-19 patients

The Pretoria High Court will on Monday hear arguments by lobby group, AfriForum, and Dr George Coetzee on why doctors should be allowed to prescribe Ivermectin for the treatment of COVID-19 patients. The arguments will focus on the doctors’ own discretion and without limitations to access caused by the Section 21 process. The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) in February announced that it would allow the use of […]

29 March 2021

International News

Germany, France, Italy and Spain halt use of AstraZeneca vaccine

Germany, France, Italy and Spain have suspended the use of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine after several reports of blood clots in people who received the shot in Europe. The flurry of suspensions on Monday came after a number of other countries, mostly in Europe, halted their rollouts late last week. The World Health Organization (WHO) has backed the use of the vaccine and said it has seen no evidence that the […]

16 March 2021

Local

82 new covid related deaths push SA’s death toll

Over 1,500 new COVID-19 cases were recorded in South Africa over the past 24 hours. This brought the number of the country's total infection rate to over 1, 528,000. The number of daily fatalities reported in the past day was 82, bringing the number of deaths to 51,261. The recovery rate stood at 95%, meaning over 1.4 million people have recuperated. Meanwhile, 145 544 health workers had been […]

14 March 2021

Local

No evidence that SA COVID-19 variant is more contagious than the UK’s: WHO

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says there is no evidence that the variant of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in South Africa is more contagious than the one in the United Kingdom. South Africa and the UK are currently battling different variants of the virus which have fuelled infections. Research is also being conducted into both variants to better understand their mutations, as vaccine campaigns get underway in both countries, with South […]

6 January 2021

Local

WHO concerned by 6 percent rise in COVID-19 infections in SA

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has expressed concern following a six percent increase in COVID-19 cases in South Africa in the past seven days, despite a two percent decrease in the number of infections on the African continent. South Africa is one of 16 countries that have shown an increase. South African authorities warned that the country could see a devastating resurgence of COVID-19 if all the protocols are not observed as the country […]

26 September 2020

International News

WHO chief brands COVID-19 protection gear corruption ‘murder’

Corrupt practices around medical safety gear for COVID-19 health workers is tantamount to "murder", the World Health Organization chief said Friday. In strong remarks, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that corruption which deprives health workers of appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) threatened not only their lives but also the lives of their patients suffering from the novel coronavirus. The WHO director-general was asked about graft in South Africa, which is reeling […]

22 August 2020

Local

WHO experts flown into South Africa to help with coronavirus surge: Mkhize

Health Minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize, has expressed cautious optimism as the country’s Covid-19 cases take a dip and government bolsters efforts to prevent further transmission of the deadly virus. Mkhize was speaking during an official welcoming of the first members of the World Health Organisation (WHO) surge team that has arrived in South Africa to reinforce the national Covid-19 response on Friday. “We have seen in the past few weeks […]

15 August 2020

International News

Police fire tear gas to break up Beirut protest

Thousands of people poured into Beirut's main square hanging up symbolic nooses that they say officials should be hanged on over this week's blast amid clashes between protesters and riot police near parliament. Al Jazeera's Zeina Khodr at the scene said civil society groups have been calling on people to return to the streets, saying "enough is enough". "There's a lot of anger, a lot of rage, people are calling […]

8 August 2020

International News

Yemen gov’t accuses Houthis of covering up coronavirus outbreak

Yemen's Saudi-backed government has accused its Houthi foes of covering up a large outbreak of coronavirus in areas they hold as the United Nations warned that the country could suffer a "catastrophic" food security situation due to the pandemic. The Aden-based government also called for urgent global assistance to help Yemen's war-ravaged health sector deal with the outbreak of COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus. The World Health […]

19 May 2020

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