Sahpra slow to release Pfizer vaccine documents
The committee set up to determine whether the health regulator, Sahpra had acted lawfully when it approved children being vaccinated…
Category: Covid-19
WHO: Vaccines can bring world out of pandemic in 2022
The World Health Organisation’s Director General, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus anticipates that the intense phase of the Covid-19 pandemic will end…
Denmark scraps its domestic Covid-19 restrictions
Denmark has lifted all its domestic Covid-19 restrictions. Epidemiologist based at the University of Roskilde Lone Simonsen says the European…
Blanket enforcement of Covid-19 vaccination at UFS challenged
Trade union Solidarity heads to court this Thursday to challenge the University of the Free State (UFS) over its planned…
Groote Schuur Hospital Working On Operation Backlog
More than 10 000 operations could not have been carried out at Groote Schuur Hospital over the past two years…
Woman loses job for saying no to Covid-19 vaccine
A woman has been left unemployed after refusing to take the Covid-19 vaccine. The Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration…
Consumer values & priorities changed in Covid-19
It’s expected that businesses could get a spring in their step this year as a number of Covid-19 restrictions have…
Student union opposed to forced vaccination
A showdown may be looming over forced vaccination for Covid-19 at universities. The South African Union of Students (SAUS) has…
SA Covid-19 curfew ends
After nearly two years the public can again be on the move at any hour as the Covid-19 curfew has…
SAMA Supports Government’s Revised Quarantine Protocols
The South African Medical Association (SAMA) has thrown its weight behind the government’s revised contact tracing, quarantine, isolation protocols. According…
WC hospitals see 1 170 road-related incidents
The Western Cape’s hospitals have already been inundated with road-related incidents this month. Chief of Operations at the province’s Department…
Drive to halt Covid-19 trial vaccines for kids goes to ConCourt
Citizens concerned about the administering of the Covid-19 vaccines to children have now turned to the highest court in the…
Covid-19 tests becoming cheaper
The price of rapid Covid-19 tests has decreased. The Competition Commission investigated the high price of these tests after a…
Covid-19: HIV treatment battle repeated
The struggle for cheap and easy access to HIV treatment has been repeated with the Covid-19 pandemic. This criticism from…
Big pharma’s monopoly in the Covid-19 pandemic
Access to preventative medication comes with several conditions, most often left in the hands of multinational pharmaceutical companies; all in…
How accurate are PCR tests and do we really understand Covid-19?
The validity of Covid-19 tests has been brought into question with allegations that the qualitative PCR (polymerase chain reaction) method…
Covid-19 Booster Meets Public Resistance
Concern is being raised about the call for booster shots to be administered amidst the spread of the Omicron variant.…
OUTA: Levies Making up Most of Fuel Price
The levies added to South Africa’s fuel price, is causing sky-rocketing increases, which must be addressed. This is the warning…
4th Wave’s Curve Scrutinised by Scientists
The Covid-19 variants are changing sufficiently for people to be reinfected. Deputy Director-General for the Health Department, Dr Nicholas Crisp,…
Does politics have an influence on science?
During the Covid-19 pandemic, scientists and researchers have bumped heads over their medical and scientific views on the developments of…