Forgotten but not gone: Covid keeps killing, five years on
Paris — Five years since Covid-19 started upending the world, the virus is still infecting and killing people across... Read more
8 Jan
Ramaphosa urges Africa to apply Covid-19 lessons in Mpox fight
Cape Town – President Cyril Ramaphosa has urged Africa to apply lessons from the Covid-19 pandemic in addressing the... Read more
24 Sep, 2024
Covid PPE supplier must face the music, court rules
A company accused of benefitting unlawfully from a contract to supply personal protective equipment during Covid has failed in... Read more
7 Aug, 2024
Jobs in SA: the labour market is recovering from Covid – but unskilled and less educated people are still being left behind
Derek Yu, University of the Western Cape For more than three decades the South African economy has had very... Read more
20 Feb, 2024
First case of Covid-19 variant ‘Eris’ confirmed in Gauteng
Cape Town – The National Department of Health has confirmed the first case of the new Covid-19 “Eris” variant... Read more
18 Aug, 2023
R15-million Covid housing project ruined by fraud
Ronnie Mongwe shows the broken walls of his house in Talana housing project. Photo: Bernard Chiguvare By Bernard Chiguvare... Read more
12 Jul, 2023
WHO warns Covid ‘has not gone away’
Copenhagen — The World Health Organization’s European office on Tuesday warned the risk of Covid-19 has not gone away,... Read more
27 Jun, 2023
Study shows cheap diabetes drug reduces risk of long Covid
Paris – People who took a cheap diabetes drug after testing positive for Covid-19 had a 40% lower risk... Read more
9 Jun, 2023
Hong Kong scraps one of world’s last Covid mask mandates
Hong Kong – Hongkongers will finally be able to leave home without a face mask from Wednesday, nearly 1... Read more
28 Feb, 2023
Senegal probes suspected fraud in huge Covid fund
Dakar – Prosecutors on Monday said they had ordered a probe into suspected corruption and abuse of office in... Read more
7 Feb, 2023
