Thu 02 December 2021: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa warned against the risk of “health apartheid” as he took aim at travel bans imposed on his country after it detected the new Omicron variant of Covid. On a visit to Ivory Coast, he said the curbs, which many countries have also applied to countries across […]
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Thu 02 December 2021: Children in South Africa were most affected by the ongoing COVID‑19 pandemic, the 2020 General Household Survey (GHS) has found. Released by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) on Thursday, the survey found that COVID-19 had had a distinct impact on the nature of childcare arrangements for children aged 0–4 years in […]
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Thu 02 December 2021: South Africa’s COVID-19 caseload has jumped by a whopping 8 561 new infections in the past 24 hours, an increase of 16.5% positivity rate. According to the data contained in the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) report, Gauteng remains the worst-hit province after 6 168 people tested positive, followed by […]
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Thu 02 December 2021: According to a top health expert, the United States has found its first case of the omicron coronavirus variety in the state of California. According to Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the case was confirmed by the California and San Francisco departments of public […]
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Thu 02 December 2021: Internal displacement is increasing around the world, despite COVID-19 mobility restrictions, as a result of natural catastrophes, military conflicts, and violence, according to the International Organization for Migration’s (IOM) World Migration Report 2022, released on Wednesday. “We are witnessing a paradox not seen before in human history. While billions of people have been […]
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Wed 01 December 2021: According to Maria Van Kerkhove, COVID-19 technical lead at the WHO Health Emergencies Programme, the World Health Organization (WHO) does not yet have data on deaths caused by the new Omicron coronavirus strain. “We don’t have an answer to that part yet, in terms of deaths associated with Omicron. This data […]
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Wed 01 December 2021: France said Wednesday it will start allowing flights from southern Africa to land on its territory from Saturday, but with “drastic” restrictions allowing only French and EU residents to disembark, along with diplomats and flight crews. These travellers must have a Covid test upon arrival, with a negative result still requiring […]
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Wed 01 December 2021: EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday that mandatory COVID-19 immunization should be explored within the European Union. “It is appropriate to lead this discussion now how we can encourage and potentially think about mandatory vaccination within the EU, this needs discussion,” von der Leyen told a press conference. Speaking […]
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Wed 01 December 2021: The University of Oxford on Tuesday said there was no evidence that vaccines would not prevent severe disease from Omicron, but that it was ready to rapidly develop an updated version of its vaccine developed with AstraZeneca if necessary. Earlier on Tuesday, the head of drugmaker Moderna said that COVID-19 shots […]
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Wed 01 December 2021: South Africa recorded 4 373 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, of which 3 143 were reported in Gauteng alone. According to the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), this means there is now a total number of 2 968 052 laboratory-confirmed cases. Meanwhile, data shows that the latest infections represent an […]
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