South Africa announces vaccine passport plans, eases restrictions
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday announced plans to introduce COVID-19 “vaccine passports” amid widespread scepticism of the jab,
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South Africa reports four cases of India virus variant
South Africa’s health ministry on Saturday said four cases of a coronavirus variant fuelling a devastating surge of COVID-19 in
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South African scientists who discovered new COVID-19 variant share what they know
Late last year the Network for Genomic Surveillance in South Africa (NGS-SA) led by the KwaZulu-Natal Research Innovation and Sequencing
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South Africa’s virus variant drives holiday surge of cases
South Africa’s normally joyful and lively Christmas celebrations have been dampened by the spike in new cases and deaths driven
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What South Africans must do to avoid a resurgence of COVID-19 infections
South Africa’s stringent lockdown earlier this year may have saved lives by containing the spread of COVID-19. New COVID-19 infections
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COVID-19: How the lockdown has affected the health of the poor in South Africa
The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked substantial damage on human lives and the economy in South Africa. But the impact of
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South Africa’s poor scramble for anti-HIV drugs amid virus
When her regular clinic ran out of her government-funded HIV medications amid South Africa’s COVID-19 lockdown, Sibongile Zulu panicked. A
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What the rest of the world can learn from South Korea’s COVID-19 response
As the world continues to closely monitor the newest coronavirus outbreak, the government of South Korea has been able to
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Uruguay quietly beats coronavirus, distinguishing itself from its South American neighbors – yet again
Latin America is the world’s new coronavirus epicenter, but Uruguay—a small South American nation of 3.5 million people—has so far
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South Koreans return to school amid virus outbreak
South Korean students began returning to schools Wednesday as their country prepares for a new normal amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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