Testing
latest news & developmentsCan you get reinfected with Covid-19? SA has ‘4 000 potential reinfections’
Although the new strain 501Y.V2 of the virus has spread 50% more rapidly, current evidence shows that it is not more severe than the one experienced in the first wave
How to explain the Covid-19 ‘weekend effect’
Reported Covid-19 cases and the number of people tested typically fall over the weekend. But this doesn’t mean that the virus is taking a break
Testing sewage: The Covid canary in our wastewater
Local scientists are using wastewater-based epidemiology to trace the SARS-CoV-2 virus in South Africa’s sewage system, which could act as an early warning system for outbreaks…
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
Western Cape Premier Alan Winde tests positive for coronavirus
Alan Winde admits he is in a vulnerable group when it comes to contracting the virus, considering he is 55 years old, and a diabetic
Eusebius McKaiser: A witness to Covid-19 stigma
Let us please not repeat the devastating Aids story where people died of shame rather than admit being infected by the virus
SA accelerating towards virus peak without capacity, experts warn
Despite efforts to prepare for the worst, it is ‘very unlikely’ that hospitals will be able to cope with the onslaught of Covid-19 cases
Call in the medics: Beds don’t cure people
As positive Covid-19 cases climb rapidly, health facilities will need more doctors and nurses
Eastern Cape university goes all in to assist provincial health-care efforts
A special steering committee seeks to fill urgent gaps in the system in order to fight the coronavirus
Our lockdown was different and coming out of it will feel strange
South Africa’s lockdown is not an ‘elimination lockdown’, nor a ‘flatten the curve lockdown’. Instead, our ‘delay lockdown’ has its own set of implications