We ask the infectious diseases specialist 18 questions about the Covid-19 pandemic: from how to counter vaccine hesitancy to whether life will ever return to ‘normal’
Mobile sites are a national initiative to take Covid-19 vaccines to rural communities. The Mail & Guardian visited one such site
for farmworkers in the Western Cape
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.
In a rebuttal to an opinion piece, Philip Machanick says while there is a distrust of Big Pharma and some medical bodies and research has been proven wrong, throwing out all of science and applying faulty arguments is not at all helpful
Paediatrician Alastair McApline says that the reasoning Angelo Ryan uses to justify this position in an M&G opinion piece is ‘specious and flawed’
Vaccines save lives. But why don’t we want to hear why people do not want to get the Covid-19 vaccine? It is important we get the right messaging across for us to achieve herd immunity.
Six months into Botswana’s vaccine roll-out, only 5% of the population has been vaccinated
Vaccines help to reduce the spread of Covid-19, but they are not without shortcomings. Here’s what they can and can’t do
Empowering her people through music and education, Maggie Mkandawire fights the Covid-19 pandemic in her own unique way
As more vaccines arrive in the country, South Africa could administer 420 000 doses a day
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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
Vaccination capacity to be increased as the government announces financial support measures for those affected by Covid-19 restrictions and the recent civil unrest
Acting health minister Mmamoloko Kubayi says 120 private pharmacies were destroyed and 47 500 vaccines lost in KwaZulu-Natal
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
Several vaccination sites were forced to a standstill on Monday, with healthcare workers unable to attend work because of limited public transport
South Africa reaches its benchmark to vaccinate more than 200 000 people in one day, and the nationwide drive to vaccinate inmates kicks off
I’m no longer in fear of the virus. But it’s not because I got my jab. It’s because other fears have taken over. Who knows when I’ll get groceries, or petrol, nevermind a vaccine
South Africa makes up 37% of the continent’s virus caseload, with more than two-million infections
Government officials will now still have to wait like everyone else to receive their Covid jab, according to the health deputy director general
Police minister Bheki Cele and national commissioner Khehla Sitole receive their Covid-19 vaccines as inoculation starts for law enforcement
South African residents who are 50 years and older can register to stand in line for a Covid-19 vaccine as of Thursday 1 July
For all the excitement generated by the news of an mRNA vaccine hub being established in South Africa, the country is still going to need help making Covid-19 jabs
The national coronavirus command council explained why additional restrictions were placed on the entire country
Having taken on the form of a spectral apparition, many of us have stopped watching Cyril Ramaphosa’s speeches
They want quantitative commitments to the various finance mechanisms that rich countries have promised to contribute to
The first batch of locally manufactured jabs could be expected in the next nine to 12 months
Allergic reactions, unusual blood clots and heart inflammation have all been linked to Covid vaccines. But most people won’t experience these severe reactions. Watch this easy explainer
The health department has issued new guidance on how South Africa’s Covid-19 vaccination sites should handle ‘walk-ins’.
Six ways to invest in health systems and be better prepared for the next pandemic as Africa responds to Covid-19
Testing and isolating the infected are still the most effective response to the pandemic
In this first in a series, Elize Parker, 61, tells of her hopes of joining a queue to get vaccinated soon
More than 120 000 people got their jabs in phase 2 of the nationwide Covid-19 vaccination campaign