Coronavirus Fresh Covid outbreaks put millions under lockdown in China Beijing – Tens of millions of people were under lockdown in China on Wednesday as businesses in a major... Read more 6 Jul, 2022
Top story Millions in Beijing urged to work from home to fight Covid outbreak Beijing – Millions of people in Beijing returned to work Thursday, many remotely, with scores of subway stations shut after... Read more 7 May, 2022
Countries Kaizer Chiefs confirm Sunday match against Sekhukhune Cape Town – Kaizer Chiefs have resumed training after failing to honour their two last fixtures due to an... Read more 11 Dec, 2021
Business NGOs sound alarm over pandemic-induced budget cuts in West Africa Dakar – Oxfam and Development Finance International warned on Thursday that West African governments risk creating the “worst economic crisis... Read more 14 Oct, 2021
Coronavirus Africa sets sights on innovative mRNA jab to help meet vaccine gap Cape Town – South African biotech consortium is working on a messenger RNA jab based on the Moderna formula in... Read more 12 Oct, 2021
Coronavirus Egypt arrests 3 over thousands of dumped Covid jabs Cairo – Egyptian authorities arrested three people accused of dumping thousands of unused Covid-19 vaccine jabs found last week in... Read more 12 Oct, 2021
Coronavirus South Africa eases Covid-19 crowd restrictions for World Cup game Johannesburg – A maximum of 2 000 spectators can attend a World Cup qualifier between South Africa and Ethiopia in... Read more 12 Oct, 2021
Coronavirus Burundi expects first Covid vaccines in weeks Nairobi – Burundi, one of the last three countries in the world to start inoculating its population against Covid-19, said... Read more 8 Oct, 2021
Coronavirus ‘Covid business’ in DRC exposed by report Kinshasa – The Democratic Republic of Congo’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic has suffered from the kind of mismanagement seen... Read more 7 Oct, 2021
News The race to vaccinate: Why Africa is struggling to get Covid jabs Johannesburg – Vaccines were promoted as a silver bullet to end the pandemic, the path to finally beating Covid-19.... Read more 21 Sep, 2021