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South Africa: Gauteng Overtakes the Western Cape As COVID-19 Hotspot
SAnews.gov.za, 9 July 2020
With over 75 000 confirmed COVID-19 cases, Gauteng has overtaken the Western Cape as the epicentre with the highest number of infections, the Health Minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize said. Read more »
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Daily Maverick, 9 July 2020
On Thursday, it was predicted that the Covid-19 vaccine being trialled in South Africa may be ready by early 2021. In Gauteng, the short supply of oxygen has raised questions over… Read more »
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South Africa: Gauteng War Room Members Test COVID-19 Positive
SAnews.gov.za, 9 July 2020
The Gauteng Department of Health has confirmed that six members of its COVID-19 war room has contracted the virus. Read more »
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South Africa: Gauteng Health On Six Confirmed COVID-19 Cases in the War Room
Govt of SA, 9 July 2020
The Gauteng Department of Health (GDoH) wishes to confirm that six members of the Gauteng Health COVID-19 War Room have tested positive for COVID-19. Among those positive includes… Read more »
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South Africa: Mining Communities Bear the Burden of Disease
New Frame, 9 July 2020
Despite a court order, residents near mines were ignored when Covid-19 guidelines were drawn up. Now the virus devastates the very people made vulnerable by their operations. Read more »
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South Africa: COVID-19 Opens the Door for Government to Rebuild Public Participation in Mining
Daily Maverick, 9 June 2020
With dire warnings that Africa is in the 'mid-morning' of impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the situation in mining communities could lead to a perfect storm scenario - rapid,… Read more »
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South Africa: Department of Mineral Resources and Energy Gazettes Mandatory Code of Practice to Fight COVID-19 in Mining
Govt of SA, 12 May 2020
The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy yesterday issued - for public comment - a guideline for the compilation of a mandatory code of practice for the mitigation and… Read more »
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South Africa: Mantashe Urges Mines to Comply With Regulations
SAnews.gov.za, 6 May 2020
Mineral Resources and Energy Minister, Gwede Mantashe, has warned that government will shut down any mining operation found not complying with Level 4 regulations. Read more »
COVID-19 Infections Surge as South Africa Readies Vaccine Trial
Gauteng has overtaken the Western Cape as the epicentre of South Africa's COVID-19 outbreak. Further, the Gauteng Department of Health confirmed that six members of its COVID-19 war room contracted the virus. This comes as Professor Shabir Madhi, principal investigator of the Oxford Covid-19 Vaccine Trial in South Africa, said the treatment could be ready in the first quarter of 2021.
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As of August 21, 2022, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 12,126,067 while 373,195,217 vaccinations have been administered across ... Read more »
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The World Health Organisation has responded to an open letter by a group of scientists urging the WHO to address the possibility of COVID-19 virus being airborne. The letter open ... Read more »
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The South African Ox1Cov-19 Vaccine VIDA-trial developed by Wits University researchers is a first for Africa and one of 268 other candidate vaccines currently being researched and ... Read more »
Professor Shabir-Madhi explains the vaccine trial to a patient (file photo).
