Quarantine
latest news & developments
Health department scraps quarantine, isolation requirements for asymptomatic Covid-19 contacts
The government has also started administering J&J booster shots from 24 December and will roll out Pfizer boosters from 28 December
Advisors suggest end to quarantine of asymptomatic Covid-19 contacts
According to the ministerial advisory committee, the quarantine period for “high-risk contacts” of Covid-19 patients is not an effective measure for containing the spread of the…
Zimbabweans living in South Africa may be unable to travel home for the holidays
According to the government’s latest Covid-19 guidelines, anyone coming into Zimbabwe must quarantine in a hotel for 10 days — at their own expense
SA delegates to quarantine in Glasgow amid calls for COP26 postponement
Eligible COP26 attendees are expected to receive their UK-sponsored Covid-19 jabs this week, but the Climate Action Network says it is too late
What works and doesn’t once you have Covid-19
Myths abound about what works and doesn’t once you have contracted the virus. As the second wave engulfs the country here is what specialists have to say
Homecoming: Quarantine chronicles
Fourteen days of quarantine in a Centurion hotel may be tedious, but for Kate Bartlett, there are plenty of laughs with new friends
Carlos on quaranting the ANC’s corrupt
The ANC has a solution for cadres: Wait until the next news cycle. Rinse. Repeat.
Review: ‘Afterland’ — a novel that foreshadows the Covid-19 pandemic
For the past five years, Lauren Beukes has been working on a book set in the aftermath of a global epidemic. Its release couldn’t have been more timely
Nurses ‘threatened’ after refusing to attend to people in quarantine
Sixteen people identified during mass testing in the Eastern Cape were first taken to a B&B before being taken to a hospital
It’s our diplomatic duty to bring South Africans back home — Dirco
South Africans stuck abroad are told to be patient while the government is negotiating with different countries and working on ways to bring them back home
Playlist: RnBetter Not Go Outside
Fight the indoor blues with our R&B lockdown playlist featuring the likes of SWV, Ashanti and Keith Sweat
Old artistic forms find new mediums in uncertain times
Music, art and theatre are moving online as cultural workers adjust to lockdown
Get your quarantine on — the best in virtual entertainment
With everyone settling into an indoors routine or starting to lose it because of cabin fever, this guide should remind you that creativity and beauty still exist, virtually…
South Africans from Wuhan quarantine group safe to go home
After testing negative for Covid-19, 112 South Africans quarantined in Limpopo can now go home
Editorial: Decisive leadership in Covid-19
Last week the Brazilian health minister warned that the country’s public health system was likely to collapse under the strain of the coronavirus by the end of April. Although…