Larger gatherings are now allowed, together with a shorter curfew and longer alcohol sale times
Children from the age of six months to 17 years will take part in vaccine trials
The past seven days show an 18.2% increase in new infections, compared with the previous week, says health minister
People aged 35 and over without a medical scheme can benefit from free walk-ins at easy to reach private-sector pharmacies
In a rebuttal to an opinion piece, Philip Machanick says while there is a distrust of Big Pharma and some medical bodies and research has been proven wrong, throwing out all of science and applying faulty arguments is not at all helpful
The global economy will expand by 6% this year but the economic gap between nations is widening.
Pfizer will deliver 1.5-million doses on Sunday and a further 5.6-million doses by Wednesday and 1.4-million J&J vaccines will arrive by Monday
Acting health minister Mmamoloko Kubayi says 120 private pharmacies were destroyed and 47 500 vaccines lost in KwaZulu-Natal
The health department has issued new guidance on how South Africa’s Covid-19 vaccination sites should handle ‘walk-ins’.
In this first in a series, Elize Parker, 61, tells of her hopes of joining a queue to get vaccinated soon
With about 1.5-million infections and 54 000 deaths, Covid-19 is still very much part of our lives as the state works to boost vaccinations
The department of health briefed parliament on South Africa’s readiness for a possible third Covid-19 wave, as members’ expressed concerns in light of India’s surge in coronavirus infections.
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The South African Reserve Bank cautioned that if it was not for load-shedding, the country’s economy could have been stronger
The department of health and experts briefed the media on Sunday, after a study showed the vaccine is not highly effective against the new variant
The pandemic has helped to expose the dire state of Sudan’s healthcare system, which lacks both equipment and medical personnel
A new survey reveals that most people know little about science and this negatively affects preventative medicine
Under the new rules, anyone who has not received the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine or does not have evidence of immunity risks a fine of $1 000
How do you outrun a lie when science shows misinformation spreads faster than fact?
Turns out it takes a village to raise a child but also to protect them.
Researchers have shown that monetary incentives lead to infants being immunised on time.
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The world’s largest yellow fever vaccination effort has come to the urban sprawl that is the Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital, Kinshasa
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After the outbreak of the virus in Angola, medical teams are frantically working in the Democratic Republic of Congo to halt its spread.
The country’s yellow fever outbreak is a timely reminder that African countries can’t get complacent with their vaccination efforts.
The residents of a Nigerian village had no health services, save for traditional methods, to treat those with the mysterious fever and rash.
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African ministers are taking new steps to provide vaccines for children who don’t have access.
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The United Nations (UN) said 61 people have died of meningitis since January in Niger, despite mass vaccinations to prevent a possible epidemic.
SA spends an enormous amount on preventative medicine but no one can tell where the failures are.
Adults scarred by polio are fighting stigma and shame to persuade parents in the DRC to vaccinate their children.
A survey of stock levels of HIV drugs is in stark contrast to health department claims that "there is no shortage".
Most adults are at risk of contracting the painful viral infection – but until now only a few specialised medicines have been available to treat it.