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Avat has secured a donation of several hundred million doses of Covid-19 drugs from the United States, 25-million of which will begin to be rolled out by the end of this week

The South African Society of Psychiatrists has warned that children and adolescents are vulnerable to post-traumatic stress disorder

Health officials pushed ahead with transferring patients to ill-equipped NGO facilities despite several warnings

Various charities and private groups are organising drives to provide necessities such as food, toiletries and medicine in areas heavily affected by looting

Twenty pharmacies in KZN have been looted and damaged, while one was burned down and several others closed their doors as a precaution

Sassa has suspended cash payments after the cash-in-transit industry halted cash delivery until further notice in response to rioting and looting

Selling medication without a license to prescribe or dispense it is illegal, and can lead to a hefty fine or imprisonment

More than 191 000 people were vaccinated on Thursday the daily target for next week is 250 00, says the health department

South Africa makes up 37% of the continent’s virus caseload, with more than two-million infections

People at early childhood development are still fighting to get Covid-19 vaccinations

Conversion therapy in LGBTQIA+ children is discrimination on the basis of gender and sexuality under the constitution of South Africa; yet it is still not prohibited under the Children’s Act of 2005. An amendment seeks to change that

Minister Lindiwe Zulu made wide-ranging announcements on Friday, including how early childhood development centres should operate under level-four lockdown