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Covid-19 is expected to become a seasonal illness like most respiratory viruses that strike in the winter months, according to the CDC’s Dr Rochelle Walensky.

South Africa has recorded 972 new COVID-19 cases bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 694 504.

Lesego Valela Features Writer Zimbabwe has recorded 242 515 Covid-19 cases since the start of the pandemic early 2020 . According to the Ministry of Health and Child Care (MOHCC), a total of 158 new cases were recorded as at March 13 2022. Recoveries stood at a cumulative 32 205 with 505 being recorded on […]

As of March 13, 2022, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached  11,428,961 while over 256,741,258 vaccinations have been administered across the continent. Reported deaths in Africa reached 250,839 and   10,432,978 people have recovered. South Africa has the most reported cases of 3,693,532 and 99,712 people died. Other most-affected countries are Morocco ( […]

Features Writer The World Health Organisation (WHO) says the global prevalence of anxiety and depression increased by a massive 25 percent in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. A scientific brief released by WHO recently also highlights who has been most affected and summarizes the effect of the pandemic on the availability of mental […]

South Africa’s fight against COVID-19 is facing the challenge of vaccine pessimism as people continue shunning the vital jabs despite their availability. Health Minister Joe Phaahla said many unvaccinated people refrained from getting inoculated because they feel the pandemic has been defeated. “The vaccination program is able to administer 250,000 vaccinations a day and all […]

South African life insurers are shoring up their capital reserves as they brace for a fifth wave of coronavirus infections. On Thursday, Africa’s biggest insurer, Sanlam, said it will hold three times its typical discretionary capital, increasing reserves to R3 billion rand, to give it headroom to grapple with uncertainties caused by the pandemic. “The […]

Sangeeta Paul, Reviewed by Aimee Molineux In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, an interdisciplinary team of researchers from South Africa and the United Kingdom (UK) conducted a longitudinal cohort observational study on severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) patients for serial follow-up. They determined the prevalence and risk factors for […]

Covid-19 has brought a lot of challenges for African women.

If you stray off any road no road will ever follow you, but instead it will continue without you up to the intended destination surprisingly will never report your straying from it!!

Nairobi — Moderna has signed an agreement with Kenya to set up its manufacturing plant in the country, the first in Africa.

South African drug production company, Aspen Pharmacare on Tuesday announced an agreement with American multinational Johnson & Johnson to package, sell and distribute Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines under its own brand in Africa.

As of March 8, 2022, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 11,273,204 while over 253,338,999 vaccinations have been administered across the continent.

Lesego Valela Features Writer A total of 4 373 737 people have received their first vaccine doses surpassing the 4.3 million mark since the vaccination programme started in February to date. According to the Ministry of Health and Child Care (MOHCC) as of March 6, a total of  656 people were vaccinated with their first […]

Features Correspondent Disruptions to essential health services due to the COVID-19 pandemic are being felt broadly. As the world marks International Women’s Day, a new World Health Organization (WHO) analysis finds that women’s health services are far from being fully restored, with 40 percent of African countries reporting disruptions to sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child […]