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Khanya’s predecessor: Quintin the robot. (Damien Schumann)
COVID 19

The robot that allows Covid-19 patients human contact

A mental health pandemic: It’s far from ideal, but a dying mother was able to blow kisses to her child thanks to Khanya the robot

  • Chris Bateman
5 min read
Hospital admissions in Africa have increased by 67% during the period but the bed occupancy rate for intensive care units remains low at 7.5%, with 14% of the patients receiving supplemental oxygen. (Photo by Sergei SavostyanovTASS via Getty Images)
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Data shows there’s a higher risk of landing up in ICU or dying if you’re not vaccinated

The effectiveness of Covid-19 vaccines is becoming clear from the difference in the number of people admitted to hospital between those who have received at least one vaccine…

  • Marcia Zali
4 min read
A new international study has shown that obesity or an increased body mass index (BMI) is not associated with increased mortality in Covid-19 patients. (Photo by Varuth Pongsapipatt/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
BODY MASS INDEX

Study finds obesity is not associated with Covid-19 deaths

But an increased BMI remains a continuous risk-factor in Covid-19 patients being admitted to ICU

  • Eyaaz Matwadia
2 min read
If South Africa truly values the principles of dignity, equality and social justice on which its democracy was founded, then it must ensure that the very people who carried communities through crises are not left behind in the pursuit of reform.
ACTUARIAL SOCIETY OF SOUTH AFRICA

The inevitable rise in Covid-19 cases and deaths: What the numbers mean

About 20 people in South Africa die each day from the coronavirus, and this number may peak at 300, while positive cases may reach 8 000 a day, according to some projections

  • M&G Data Desk
4 min read