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COVID 19

Vaccine trial results due in December

If successful, it will then have to be manufactured and distributed

  • Athandiwe Saba
4 min read
Professor Justin Jonas, the chief technologist at the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (Sarao), said the first 1 000 of 20 000 machines will be rolled out on July 16.
CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE CPAP AND HIGH FLOW NASAL OXYGEN HFNO

Locally built ventilators ready in two weeks as Covid cases rise

The companies making the non-invasive devices, which will create jobs and are cheaper than other types, include car and diving manufacturers

  • Athandiwe Saba
4 min read
(John McCann/M&G)
3D PRINTING

Universities rally to fight pandemic

These institutions are a crucial part of the research and development process that underpins South Africa’s life-and-death fight against the Covid-19 outbreak

  • Athandiwe Saba
7 min read
AFRICAN PEACE AND SECURITY ARCHITECTURE

SANDF example shows how we can rethink African peace and security architecture

Cyril Ramaphosa’s creative employment of the SANDF as part of Covid-19 relief efforts is an example of using the military to build social cohesion

  • Martin Rupiya
8 min read
Artificial ventilators are produced at a rapid rate at Sanko Manufacturing Co., Ltd. in Saitama on April 8, 2020, amid an outbreak of the new coronavirus COVID-19. Japanís Prime Minister Shinzo Abe proclaimed a state of emergency to Tokyo, Saitama, Kanagawa, Chiba, Osaka, Hyogo and Fukuoka for about one month on April 7th, and asked for refraining from going out to the extent possible. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared Covid-19 a pandemic, globally widespread on March 11th. (The Yomiuri Shimbun)
CENTRE FOR ECONOMIC AND POLICY RESEARCH

To fight Covid-19, we must fight intellectual property, trade and investment rules

These restrictions must be overturned or ignored because they are limiting the production and importing of essential medical equipment such as ventilators

  • Jonathan Cannard
9 min read