Thu 09 December 2021: The African continent’s first messenger RNA (mRNA) technology transfer hub for COVID-19 vaccines will be a game-changer for the continent. “When outbreaks like COVID-19 happen, the whole world rallies around developing new technologies and vaccines. But we don’t know that we will have the same response if there is an outbreak […]
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Thu 09 December 2021: The South African Health Products Authority (SAHPRA) has approved the administering of the third dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for adults and children with a weak immune system. This means all adults in South Africa are now eligible for an additional shot six months after the second dose and it […]
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Wed 08 December 2021: Finland announced a €7.65 million grant ($8.63 million), Tuesday, to UNICEF to strengthen educational services for children in Somalia, Anadolu News Agency reports. “Finland is extremely pleased to start this partnership with UNICEF for the benefit of Somali children,” said Finnish Ambassador to Somalia, Pirkka Tapiola. Education, Culture, and Higher Education Minister, Abdullahi […]
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Wed 08 December 2021: The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has warned the public of scams that are defrauding taxpayers. The syndicate saw fraudulent incidents or unauthorised changes of tax practitioners and/or taxpayers’ eFiling profiles changed with the sole intention to defraud SARS and affected taxpayers. SARS in a statement said the fraudulent activities were […]
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Wed 08 December 2021: Leading a world-class consortium to create the first technology transfer hub for COVID-19 vaccines in Africa, South Africa’s Department of Science and Innovation is convening a multi-stakeholder forum on Thursday, in collaboration with local and international partners, as COVID-19 cases continue to rise. “Omicron is the latest COVID-19 variant to give […]
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Tue 07 December 2021: South Africa’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) decreased by 1.5% in the third quarter of 2021, Statistics South Africa (StatsSA) said on Tuesday. During this period, the trade, catering and accommodation industry decreased by 5.5%, contributing -0.7 of a percentage point to GDP growth. The statistics agency said decreased economic activities were […]
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Tue 07 December 2021: The African Union (AU) has condemned and called for the lifting of travel bans on Southern African countries, most notably South Africa, following the emergence of the Omicron variant of COVID-19. The variant was detected and announced by South Africa’s National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) in November and was declared […]
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Mon 06 December 2021: The coronavirus vaccination rate worldwide has reached 44%, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Monday. “At this point, 44% of the world population is vaccinated,” von der Leyen said in a video message, stressing that the European Union has been the world’s biggest donor of COVID-19 vaccines, having […]
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Mon 06 December 2021: South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa stated that hospitals are preparing for increased admissions as the country enters a fourth COVID-19 wave caused by the Omicron coronavirus strain. “As the country heads into a fourth wave of COVID-19 infections, we are experiencing a rate of infections that we have not seen since […]
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Mon 06 December 2021: The majority of the patients who were treated for COVID-19 at Tshwane public hospitals were unvaccinated. The information is contained in a report on the early experience of the patient profile at the Steve Biko Academic Hospital and Tshwane District Hospital (SBAH-TDH) complex, in the heart of the Tshwane District. The […]
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