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South Africa: Surveillance Programme Needed After COVID-19 RNA Signals Show Up in Wastewater Samples
Daily Maverick, 14 July 2020
A pilot project has found Covid-19 RNA signals in wastewater plants in Gauteng hotspots. Now it needs to be scaled up nationally as it could be a vital and cost-effective early… Read more »
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Africa: Coronavirus Will Travel 'Incredibly Fast' in Cities, UN Housing Chief Warns
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 24 April 2020
The Thomson Reuters Foundation spoke to UN-Habitat Executive Director Maimunah Mohd Sharif about efforts to slow the spread of the virus in Africa's cities Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Severe Water, Sanitation Crisis Undermines Pandemic Fight
HRW, 15 April 2020
Zimbabwe government measures to combat COVID-19 should include urgently providing continuous and affordable access to sufficient safe water to people across the country, Human… Read more »
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South Africa: Water and Sanitation Provides Update to Parliament on Delivery of Services to Curb the Spread of COVID-19
Govt of SA, 22 April 2020
The Ministry of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation led by Minister Lindiwe Sisulu and her Deputies, DM David Mahlobo and DM Pamela Tshwete, engaged with the joint Portfolio… Read more »
COVID-19 in South African Wastewater a Warning for Continent?
A pilot project has found Covid-19 RNA signals in wastewater plants in Gauteng hotspots. Now it needs to be scaled up nationally as it could be a vital and cost-effective early warning system and could help track the waves of the transmission as the pandemic unfolds, writes Daily Maverick.
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The head of trauma at Gauteng's Charlotte Maxeke Hospital, Professor Steve Moeng, welcomed the decision to reinstate a ban on alcohol sales during the COVID-19 outbreak, saying ... Read more »
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The Eastern Cape has announced its new strategy to rein in its COVID-19 outbreak, especially where it concerns funerals. Meanwhile, the KwaZulu-Natal Education Department is yet to ... Read more »
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As the coronavirus crisis spreads throughout the world, it is increasingly clear that people with the least access to essential services like water will feel the most dramatic ... Read more »
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Zimbabweans have been for years scrambling to get enough clean water to drink, prepare meals and attend to basic hygiene and are now concerned over what impact the ongoing water ... Read more »
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With researchers noting that little is known about how long the novel coronavirus survives in water, South Africa wants to avoid sudden, poorly planned burials that could result in ... Read more »
A community leader says there is one communal tap for 1,000 families in Siyahlala informal settlement.
