The decision, amid ongoing disciplinary processes, allegedly follows concerns that they ‘were getting paid for sitting at home’
British American Tobacco says 200 workers will be out of a job soon but public health researchers argue they’re using misleading figures to back retrenchments
The best way to reduce the risk of transmission is to decrease the concentration of airborne viruses in enclosed spaces.
The leisure industry is optimistic that growth this festive season will recover to pre-pandemic levels
Easing of restrictions marks a shift in policy, but Beijing’s stance remains hazy and inconsistent
The business organisation, Sakeliga, which made the application, says Covid-19 lockdowns did ‘unprecedented harm to economic and social activity’
A gradual easing within broadly contained zones before loosening restrictions more broadly worked for China’s economy. It may work for its healthcare system too
Maternal and child health figures should alarm us the same way that Covid-19 did, Dr Queen Dube argues in the third podcast episode
During the Covid-19 pandemic, the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority had to speed up its approval of new medicines while still ensuring that they were safe and effective
The threshold to qualify for the R350 social relief of distress grant will be raised to R624 from the current R350, but the grant itself remains at R350.