Boitumelo Semete-Makokotlela leads the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (Sahpra) — a public entity few people knew about until the Covid-19 pandemic hit
The financial services group says the basis for the continued policy is to provide the safest possible working environment for all employees
Countries on the continent responded effectively to the virus despite the dire predictions of some in the West
The data from 440 000 Covid-19 patients show that black people in South Africa were far more likely to die than their white counterparts
South Africa must make dramatic shifts in its Covid-19 prevention strategies to include new evidence that Sars-CoV-2 spreads mainly through the air
Experts studying the new variant, C.1.2, are surprised by its substantial mutations but are confident current vaccines will be effective against it
Experts studying the new variant are surprised by its substantial and unexpected mutations but are confident that current vaccines will be effective against it
Safety, side-effects and the jargon-filled scientific information explained for those who have concerns about getting vaccinated
Covid-19 variants are new versions of the virus that are smarter at surviving. But before we can understand what these changed forms mean for vaccines, we first need to go back to the basics. We take you through the evolution of the virus and what this means for your body’s defences.
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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?
The vaccines being used to fight the pandemic take at least two weeks after inoculation to become effective — and nonpharmaceutical interventions remain crucial
SA’s lockdown regulations are tightening to better curb the spread of Covid-19, amid concerns that the Delta variant could drive a surge of infections
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SA is on the verge of rolling out Covid-19 vaccines, but can we vaccinate children and pregnant women, and which jabs work against the 501Y.V2 variant?
Local scientists are using wastewater-based epidemiology to trace the SARS-CoV-2 virus in South Africa’s sewage system, which could act as an early warning system for outbreaks of Covid-19, as well as other diseases
South Africans have an uncaring stigmatising and marginalising culture and it keeps people on the fringes of society with diminished opportunities in life