Coronavirus watch

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has recommended two new drugs to treat patients with Covid-19, one for patients ...

When Covid-19 hit SA and stigmatisation was at its peak, many healthcare workers were shunned in their communities due ...

After a year as an emergency department nurse at a busy Toronto hospital in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, ...

SA's royal couple of epidemiology have bagged another award.

Limpopo MEC for education Polly Boshielo has blamed the lack of proper infrastructure, Covid-19 and other issues as ...

The Western Cape matric pass rate has increased by 1.3 percentage points from 2020.

The deliberate misinformation surrounding vaccination and mandatory vaccination sites needs to stop.

The overall matric pass rate for 2021 has marginally increased by 0.2 percentage points, but the number of distinctions ...

SA recorded just less than 4,000 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, statistics from the NICD revealed on Thursday.

A study has found that children in sub-Saharan Africa hospitalised with Covid-19 are dying at a rate far greater than ...

The national working committee has proposed an event that has a significantly reduced number of voting delegates ...

The full return to schooling for all pupils every day could be on the cards, basic education department ...

Gauteng recorded more than 1,000 of SA's 4,322 new Covid-19 cases, the NICD reported on Wednesday.

A mass hamster cull in Hong Kong sparked fears among animal welfare groups on Wednesday that panicky people would ...

SA is reconsidering the national state of disaster as the rate of Covid-19 infections dip, President Cyril Ramaphosa ...

The SA Football Players Union (Safpu) has thrown its weight behind the EFF’s march to sports minister Nathi Mthethwa’s ...

The impetus for vaccine uptake in SA, while on the uptick this week, has been slowly dwindling over the past few ...

Minister of sport Nathi Mthethwa has described the planned picket by the EFF outside his office in Pretoria on Thursday ...

Zandile Mafe’s lawyer has dismissed as "rumours' reports the alleged parliament arsonist tested positive for Covid-19

Gabon striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang will return to Arsenal for medical tests after cardiac lesions were found in ...

Health minister Joe Phaahla said announcements regarding mandatory vaccinations will be made in due time as the ...

There were 1,691 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the NICD reported on Monday.

Passenger rail services have resumed between Mabopane and Pretoria after a two-year absence, much to the delight of ...

The ANC has promised to move quickly to ensure the demands of the electorate are met after the party suffered ...

At least 12,200 South Africans have received the Pfizer Covid-19 booster shot since the programme opened up to ...

Data shows 181 Covid-19 related deaths and 6,762 new infections recorded in the latest 24-hour reporting period.

It is estimated that between 150,000 and 700,000 pupils dropped out of school over the past two years.

Prof Adrian Puren says SA could be out of the Covid-19 fourth wave within 10 or 11 days.

According to government, PCR tests are regarded as the "gold standard" for Covid-19 testing.

Immunity against Covid-19 is a complex picture, and while there is evidence of waning antibody levels six months after ...

EFF leader Julius Malema has urged president Cyril Ramaphosa to lift all Covid-19 restrictions so that entertainment ...

Covid-19 infections continued to disrupt Africa Cup of Nations preparations as Egypt cancelled training and delayed ...

It is all systems go for South Africans aged 60 and above to receive their Covid-19 booster shots.

Hours after promising that Covid-19 regulations would be strictly adhered to, the ANC had to cancel an address by ...

Health department records a high 551 Covid-19 fatalities on Thursday, but says they are historical deaths and that only ...

Africa's top public health official said on Thursday that severe lockdowns were no longer the best way to contain ...

The 139 deaths took the total number of fatalities in SA since the start of the pandemic in March 2020 to 91,451, the ...

"At present, retesting people who have experienced mild illness, and have recovered from Covid-19 is not recommended," ...

Covid-19 infections have caused more disruption to African Cup of Nations preparations, with Senegal delaying their ...

Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has indefinitely deferred the reopening of schools, citing high numbers of ...

While travelling it is important to follow all Covid-19 prevention measures, such as wearing a mask, washing hands ...

Businesses working in Morocco's key tourism sector say the country's tough Covid-19 restrictions, including a full ...

The UK has approved Pfizer's Covid-19 pill for patients over the age of 18 who have mild to moderate infection and are ...

The province with the most new Covid-19 cases reported on the last day of 2021 — as the country gears up to celebrate ...

Police minister calls on South Afticans to comply with the midnight curfew.

Global Covid-19 infections hit a record high over the past seven-day period

As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to spread across the globe, it is important that children feel safe, loved, included ...

Thousands of people left messages on the social media account of the late Chinese Covid-19 whistleblower Li Wenliang on ...

There have been 150 Covid-19 hospital admissions in the latest 24-hour period reported on Monday, bringing the number ...

Research by SA scientists suggests Omicron infection enhances neutralising immunity against the Delta variant of the ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) advises that people with chronic conditions such as asthma, diabetes, TB and HIV ...

The governing party’s 110th birthday celebrations will be held at Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane.

Everyone deserves a roof over their head. But in 2019, the City of Cape Town documented over 4 000 people as homeless – ...

It was either Covid-19 or the lack of money that kept thousands of Durban residents and visitors from hitting the ...

SA recorded 5,604 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24-hours, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases said on ...

At the St Joseph COVID Treatment Centre in Kinshasa, patients lie in ramshackle rooms breathing oxygen from old tanks. ...

Gauteng education MEC Panyaza Lesufi has tested positive for Covid-19, his department said on Friday.

Deputy president David Mabuza used his Christmas message on Friday to encourage those still sceptical about Covid-19 ...

There were 21,157 new Covid-19 recorded across the country in the past 24 hours, the NICD said on Thursday.

The health department is implementing booster doses of the Covid-19 vaccines.

While many have developed persistent Covid-19 symptoms long after getting the virus, a condition known as "long Covid", ...

People who are vaccinated against Covid-19 have a greater chance of recovering should they contract the coronavirus, ...

KZN recorded 5,411 and the Western Cape 4,609 of the 21,099 new Covid-19 cases - compared with 3,807 recorded in ...

However, those who are admitted have no significantly lower chance of experiencing severe disease, they say.

Minister of mineral resources and energy Gwede Mantashe has tested positive for Covid-19.

The isolation period for Covid-19 patients with symptoms should be reduced from 10 days to seven, the ministerial ...

The Omicron variant of Covid-19, revealed by SA scientists just 23 days ago, has been reported in 89 countries, the ...

New Zealand authorities on Monday said they had linked a 26-year-old man's death to Pfizer Inc's Covid-19 vaccine after ...

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases reported an additional 36 Covid-19 related deaths and 24,785 new cases ...

Health minister Dr Joe Phaahla and his deputy Dr Sibongiseni Dhlomo are briefing the media virtually on Friday ...

While studies on the effect of Covid-19 on TB patients are limited, the World Health Organisation says it anticipates ...

Japan on Thursday officially approved Moderna Inc's Covid-19 vaccine for its booster programme, while Novavax filed for ...

A Kenyan court has temporarily halted the government's plan to require Covid-19 vaccination for access to public ...

French biotech firm Valneva said on Thursday its Covid-19 vaccine candidate was efficient as a booster for people who ...

A clinical trial in eight sub-Saharan countries will be the first to specifically evaluate the efficacy of a Covid-19 ...

The Omicron variant was estimated to be 2.9% of the Covid-19 variants circulating in the United States as of December ...

The government is planning to administer booster shots in January, health department acting director- general Nicholas ...

A plea has gone out to President Cyril Ramaphosa in an open letter to "provide certainty" on interprovincial travel ...

"I’m sending love to those who are going through loss …stress… anxiety and everything else in between."

London's Heathrow Airport said it was seeing high levels of business travellers cancelling over concerns they could be ...

The SA Football Association (Safa) has postponed its Congress from Saturday due to a number of delegates who would have ...

By late Thursday it was still not clear whether Kaizer Chiefs would honour their game against Sekhukhune United at FNB ...

For some obscure reasons, the PSL appears to have adopted a dangerously self-defeating, damaging posture when dealing ...

Sandile Cele's Christmas present to SA last year was a breakthrough that made him the first scientist to grow a live ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday renewed his attack on countries that have isolated Africa in response to SA's ...

The Gauteng department of health has been given over R500m to fund the hiring of staff as part of the province’s ...

Governments have been making Covid-19 shots mandatory for health workers and other high-risk groups, pushed by a sharp ...

More than half of SA adults support employers making Covid-19 vaccinations compulsory, according to  a survey.

Alex Sigal, a professor at the Africa Health Research Institute, said on Twitter there was "a very large drop" in ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says Omicron poses a “very high” risk.

Most emerging market stocks and currencies rose on Wednesday as fears over the potential impact of the Omicron variant ...

Daily infections have increased five-fold after the emergence of the Omicron variant.

World Health Organisation DG Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says it pains him that shows of racism, like the recent cartoon ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says Omicron poses a “very high” risk.

The students knew their university was the epicentre of a new Covid-19 variant spreading panic across the globe, but ...

Two of Gauteng’s biggest hospitals have sounded the alarm amid a surge in Covid-19 admissions, with one stating that it ...

For three months last year during Covid-19 Ncumisa Dyantyi, 29, had to take off her uniform and bathe herself first ...

The cost of Covid-19 testing – set at R850 per test by some private laboratories – is being investigated by the ...

Kaizer Chiefs have asked the Premier Soccer League to postpone their four matches in December due to an outbreak of ...

Matriculants who demonstrate Covid-19 symptoms as well as those who test positive for the virus will be allowed to ...

General medical practitioner Dr Sheri Fanaroff said there is no biological reason nor proof the Covid-19 vaccine can ...

Business for SA health working group chairperson Stavros Nicolaou said the organisation was “entirely aligned” with ...

SA's Aspen Pharmacare is aiming to ramp up its Covid-19 vaccine manufacturing capacity to 1.3-billion doses a year by ...

Matriculants who demonstrate Covid-19 symptoms as well as those who test positive for the virus will be allowed to ...

General medical practitioner Dr Sheri Fanaroff said there is no biological reason nor proof the Covid-19 vaccine can ...

Business for SA health working group chairperson Stavros Nicolaou said the organisation was “entirely aligned” with ...

SA's Aspen Pharmacare is aiming to ramp up its Covid-19 vaccine manufacturing capacity to 1.3-billion doses a year by ...

The Free State department of education, which was last year named as the highest performing across the country, is ...