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The biggest loss however is not vaccines, but the chronic medicines that were looted leaving those with HIV, cancer and diabetes without their medication. (Photo credit should read STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN/AFP via Getty Images)
CLICKS UNITED PHARMACEUTICAL DISTRIBUTORS

Half of KZN patients have no chronic medication. Here’s how looting affected SA’s Covid-19 vaccine roll-out

Vaccines were stolen and many urban vaccine sites had to close as Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal erupted into chaos this past week. The biggest loss however is not vaccines, but the…

  • Mia Malan
10 min read
Forty-four Covid-19 vaccination sites have managed to remain operational in KwaZulu-Natal despite the upheaval sparked by protests. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
ZUMAUNREST

Violence severely impedes Covid-19 vaccine rollout in KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng

Twenty pharmacies in KZN have been looted and damaged, while one was burned down and several others closed their doors as a precaution

  • Charma du Plessis
3 min read
If ivermectin had dramatic results in combating Covid-19, it should perform well in any well-conducted, unbiased scientific study, but this is not the case. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
COVID 19

People use social media posts to sell Ivermectin on the black market

Selling medication without a license to prescribe or dispense it is illegal, and can lead to a hefty fine or imprisonment

  • Charma du Plessis
3 min read
Not quite home: The Ranch Resort, which is situated on a 1000 hectare conservancy about 25km from Polokwane, has 150 bedrooms.
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS YOUTH LEAGUE

Fear, ignorance stalks returnees from Wuhan

The cost of placing South African evacuees from Wuhan in quarantine in Limpopo will cost an estimated R6.7-million

  • Thanduxolo Jika
  • Sabelo Skiti
  • Chris Gilili
7 min read