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South Africa: What South Africa Must Do to Prepare for the Third Wave Double Whammy of Covid-19 and Flu This Winter
Daily Maverick, 7 March 2021
Pandemic preparedness for the third wave of Covid-19 must include a strong influenza prevention strategy, including vaccination. Read more »
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South Africa: Vaccination Rollout Programme to Be Sped Up From Now On - Mkhize
SAnews.gov.za, 5 March 2021
Government is hoping that the rate of inoculation will increase from April as more vaccination doses are expected to arrive in the country this month. Read more »
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Namibia: SA Covid Variant Confirmed in Namibia
Namibian, 10 March 2021
A FEW days before the anniversary of Namibia's first coronavirus cases, the country has confirmed the presence of the South African variant while the Namibia Medical Regulatory… Read more »
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Angola: Covid-19 - Angola Detects South African, British Variants
ANGOP, 8 March 2021
The South African and British variants of the Covid-19 virus have been detected in Angola, on passengers who arrived from abroad. Read more »
Winter to Bring Flu, a Third Covid-19 Wave to South Africa?
Pandemic preparedness for the third wave of Covid-19 must include a strong influenza prevention strategy, including vaccination, writes Marc Mendelson for Daily Maverick. With ongoing community transmission and subsequent error-prone viral replication, new variants of SARS-CoV-2 will probably emerge and may favour further transmission. The absence of a hard lockdown in 2021, the recent move to Level 1, the return to school, and our poor compliance with public health protection measures before the second Covid-19 wave mean SARS-CoV-2 might be joined by flu as winter approaches. As the nation continues efforts to implement its vaccine rollout, Deputy President David Mabuza said the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Covid-19 Vaccines put measures in place to prevent corruption and wasteful expenditure in the procurement and distribution of vaccines. As of March 12, 2021 South Africa has recorded 1,525,648 cases of Covid-19 of which 51,110 proved fatal and 1,447,503 resulted in recoveries.
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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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Four court cases have been launched against the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) to compel the regulator to make ivermectin available for the treatment ... Read more »
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President Cyril Ramaphosa and Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize, together with some healthworkers present at the Khayelitsha Hospital, were given their doses of the first Covid-19 ... Read more »
Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccines arrive (file photo).
