Coronavirus Weekly Digest
Rise in Covid-19 cases: South Africa’s vaccines work against variants, over 50s register and Aspen gets a cash boost.
July 8, 2021
Rise in Covid-19 cases: South Africa’s vaccines work against variants, over 50s register and Aspen gets a cash boost.
After COVID-19 emerged on U.S shores, providers began reviewing the emerging basic science, translational, and clinical data to identify potentially effective treatment options. In addition, a multitude of both novel and repurposed therapeutic agents were used empirically and studied within clinical trials.
With the ANC having declared itself in favour of a provision for the custodianship of ‘certain’ land as part of its preferred formulation for the constitutional amendment, it is important not to lose sight of a critical fundamental: land may be the immediate target of these measures, but it will not be the only one.
In his snide critique of the IRR and other opponents of the Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination (Pepuda) Amendment Bill (the Bill), Professor Pierre de Vos of the University of Cape Town Law Faculty indicates that all inequalities in South Africa are the result of ‘structural or systemic barriers’ resulting from the ‘power hierarchy’.
Polycythemia means too many cells and the primary risk is blood clotting, which is lethal to 1 in 4 people globally & annually affects 900 000 people in the US.
These charts show why the interest rate-setting panel’s next move may be to tighten policy.
Had Ramaphosa taken responsibility for the fact that the government failed to do what it had to, it would at least have shown leadership.
As countries around the Asia-Pacific region tighten restrictions once again to curb potential breakouts of the Delta coronavirus variant, Singapore has laid out a new vision for life to return to normal.
This is a brief summary of the analysis of all significant studies concerning the use of ivermectin for COVID-19.
Ivermectin, an anti-parasitic medicine whose discovery won the Nobel Prize in 2015, has proven, highly potent, anti-viral and anti-inflammatory properties in laboratory studies.
As the number of COVID-19 cases in India soar, so does information (and misinformation) about the treatment protocols, adding to the strain, confusion and feeling of helplessness among patients and caregivers.
The President’s latest announcement to the nation in reality revealed this government’s incompetence, lack of accountability and the continued sacrificing of certain sectors of the economy because of this government’s wholesale disastrous vaccine roll-out plan.
A legal opinion has found that MPs in the portfolio committee on health erred when they failed to hold health minister Zweli Mkhize accountable for his alleged role in the Digital Vibes saga.
Gauteng Premier David Makhura has ruled out the possibility of implementing a Level 5 lockdown in the province, despite a staggering increase in Covid-19 cases there.
Doctors could soon have a new tool in their arsenal for the fight against the coronavirus. One America’s Pearson Sharp has more on the medicine that researchers in Australia say could cure the virus in just 48-hours.
Yesterday marked the 45th anniversary of the start of the Soweto Revolt. Back then, on 16th June 1976, black South Africans faced pervasive racial discrimination in education, employment, home ownership, land purchases, and many other spheres.
Canada has become a world leader when it comes to share of population with at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine
The largest privately-owned cruise ship company in the world, MSC Cruises, yesterday reconfirmed, on its website, its statement made on 18 February 2021 that delays “to approve cruise operations in South Africa had led to the Company cancelling all its remaining sailings for the 2020/21 season.”
The illicit alcohol trade sales by volume have now overtaken the entire combined wine and cider sectors.
The 2021 Edelman Trust Barometer reveals that South Africans now trust business more than any other institution, and are looking to CEOs to solve societal challenges that have been exacerbated by the Covid-19 crisis.