Even if herd immunity is finally reached in South Africa, non-pharmaceutical measures are necessary
Asylum seekers with valid permits and caregivers will now also be allowed to apply for the reinstituted social relief of distress grant
Vaccines help to reduce the spread of Covid-19, but they are not without shortcomings. Here’s what they can and can’t do
Wastewater Based Epidemiology Surveillance programme surveillance and needs to be escalated in the fight against this pandemic
Children have accounted for a relatively low number of coronavirus cases, but other facets of their healthcare and wellbeing have suffered
Scientists know that people who have had Covid still benefit from getting vaccinated with at least one shot of the vaccine. But can you get vaccinated while you have Covid?
As more vaccines arrive in the country, South Africa could administer 420 000 doses a day
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
The finance minister extended the Ters relief and the social distress relief grant, and also ensured businesses hit by looting can access insurance
The pandemic precipitated a global experiment in education, which Unesco is keen to document and support