More than 7-million expired Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines could be wasted by July

The trick to tackling Covid-19 at this stage is to be adaptive. The government’s one-size-fits-all approach is broken; we need to be more flexible. But we should not throw away hard-won lessons

Russia has lifted nearly all the restrictions designed to limit new cases, despite an increasing caseload and growing Omicron infections

After 20 months of caution, I let my guard down. Now I feel terrible

A revised circular will be released once the department has taken additional input into consideration.

Low uptake anticipated because of festive season, but healthcare workers stand ready

The government has also started administering J&J booster shots from 24 December and will roll out Pfizer boosters from 28 December

According to the ministerial advisory committee, the quarantine period for “high-risk contacts” of Covid-19 patients is not an effective measure for containing the spread of the virus

Announcement of when the J&J booster shot will be available is expected to take place at the conclusion of the Sisonke 2 study

The world must be responsible in its reaction to the virus in all its varieties

The UK will remove South Africa and other African countries it recently placed on its travel red list at midnight on Wednesday

A study by the World Health Organisation found that there was a 66% surge in new Covid-19 cases during the past week in South Africa

With an average of 1 600 new daily cases, the province is not recording the same rapid increases in hospital admissions and deaths as previous waves