Covid-19 in numbers: Get the latest figures

The third coronavirus wave is officially over in SA, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases said on Monday.

Two types of Covid-19 vaccine, namely Pfizer-BioNTech and Johnson & Johnson (J&J), have been approved in SA with ...

Several groups marched to Durban's high court on Monday, where they burnt their masks in protest against what they deem ...

SA's economic progress following the impact of Covid gets mixed reviews, with optimistic and pessimistic perspectives ...

Twice in its life, our Brics (Brazil, Russia, India, China and SA) partnership of emerging economies has been tested, ...

The decision by the UK government to keep SA on its Covid-19 travel red list has elicited justified outrage in SA

South African scientists, the ministerial advisory committee and members of the health department will meet UK ...

More than 48,000 South Africans have weighed in on the issue of vaccinations in the workplace, in schools and vaccine ...

The five weeks of campaigning before the November 1 local elections could spawn superspreader events that lead to a ...

Minerals Council SA says it has reached a milestone of 200,000 employees and service providers vaccinated against ...

SA's national seven-day moving average of daily Covid-19 case numbers, positivity rate and testing rate continue to ...

Western Cape premier Alan Winde has called on the national government to move the province to lockdown alert level 1.

Most South Africans have a growing appetite for credit as their prospects decline due to the pandemic- with only 3% of ...

"The national seven-day moving average of daily case numbers, positivity rate and testing rate continue to decrease, ...

An overwhelming 83% of the UCT's senate voted to make Covid-19 vaccination mandatory from next year - but the ...

Patients with persistent Covid-19 symptoms should be examined by healthcare professionals who will rule out other ...

SA recorded 2,197 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours as the "sustained downward trend" in new infections ...

The country will relax travel restrictions for vaccinated foreigners in November

Beneficiaries of the R350 social relief of distress grant can collect their payment from Pick n Pay and Boxer stores ...

The virus could vanish through public effort or go the way of the common cold, say scientists

Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE said on Monday their Covid-19 vaccine induced a robust immune response in five to ...

The UK seems to have unbanned just about every country except SA from its Covid-19 list

President Cyril Ramaphosa says while the government respects workers' right to bodily integrity when it comes to ...

Tourism minister Lindiwe Sisulu says Germany’s decision to remove SA from its list of Covid-19 "high-risk" countries ...

SA recorded just 1,504 Covid-19 cases and 42 deaths in the past 24 hours, the NICD said on Monday.

Khabo Sithole has been pleasantly surprised by the top-class treatment she is receiving at Clairwood Hospital.

Prof Shabir Madhi says reaching herd immunity is not the reason for vaccinating people against Covid-19.

When the next Covid-19 wave crashes down on healthworkers, snorkelling equipment could save them.

Experts have welcomed the green light from the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (Sahpra) for the ...

Data collected over a week during the peak of the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in the Western Cape indicates ...

Health department numbers reflect those known to have died and positive cases, but miss many fatalities

More than a million people have been fully vaccinated for Covid-19 in the Eastern Cape, the provincial health ...

The Hawks have swooped on a Western Cape candle maker for alleged Covid-19 relief fund fraud.

International relations and co-operation (Dirco) minister Naledi Pandor said on Sunday there was "no reasonable basis" ...

Booster shots may offer over-60s an almost 20-fold increase in protection against severe Covid-19, research on fully ...

During the course of a random chat with a friend the other day, I nonchalantly asked after a mutual acquaintance.

“Salons might say, 'no vaccinations, no weaves', but it will not be because it is a government rule,” health minister ...

Employers who are considering implementing mandatory workplace vaccinations should balance operational requirements ...

Just three provinces had more than 500 new cases in the past day.

According to a National Institute for Communicable Disease report, children as young as 15 have lost their lives due to ...

Calls have been made nationally for a protest against the possible plans for Covid-19 vaccine passports.

Flights are set to operate from Johannesburg to Cape Town, plus African capitals Accra, Kinshasa, Harare, Lusaka and ...

Calls have been made nationally for a protest against possible plans for Covid-19 vaccine passports.

Phillips and colleagues found prevalence of probable depression in 63% of mothers and 29% of fathers. This is 33% ...

"You will be given three opportunities - the original appointment plus two more appointments," says the government.

Four temporary employees have been arrested and criminally charged relating to the incident.

“We are anticipating that we will receive complaints. How we intervene will depend on how the passport will be used,” ...

According to the National Institute for Communicable Diseases, "the vaccine will not cause a positive Covid-19 test ...

Here's what those declined messages mean.

Despite Gauteng education MEC Panyaza Lesufi promising 'heads will roll' within 23 hours, the department has turned to ...

The National Institute of Communicable Diseases said on Wednesday that the number of new Covid-19 infections across the ...

“It’s been a helluva time. I had a baby, got super sick with Covid, I had got married and now I am dealing with ...

As part of a government drive to get hesitant citizens vaccinated, players for TS Galaxy FC lined up to receive their ...

The KwaZulu-Natal government believes myths and misinformation about safety of the Covid-19 vaccination may have led to ...

The presidency seems to have had a change of heart regarding the potential implementation of a vaccine passport system.

SA passed another grim Covid-19 milestone, with the country now having recorded more than 85,000 fatalities linked to ...

Cyril Ramaphosa urged more people to get vaccinated, saying this would restore some degree of normality.

The president loosened some restrictions and implored South Africans to spread the vaccine message

President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the easing of Covid-19 regulations on Sunday evening.

The City of Cape Town warned on Sunday it would intensify its clampdown on illegal events in the coming weeks.

We like to think of ourselves as a soccer-mad nation.So it was reasonable for authorities to believe that the ...

As it happens, the mining industry is not covered by the department of labour directive issued in June that allows ...

A Durban high court judge presiding over a R28m corruption case involving KwaZulu-Natal ANC deputy chair Mike ...

Sixty-one percent said total booze bans should be scrapped, while 24% said partial bans are "weak sauce" and total bans ...

The South African Health Products Authority (Sahpra) has approved Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine for use by children aged 12 ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to announce relief for the hospitality trade by further easing some lockdown ...

The risk of catching Covid-19 from paper money or bank cards is low compared to person-to-person contact.

A severe Covid-19 infection left anti-vaxxer Vanessa Joubert on a ventilator in ICU for 42 days, and led to her and her ...

Deputy minister of health Dr Sibongiseni Dhlomo has told parliament that the upcoming local government elections are ...

The new certificates will be uploadable on a smartphone and will be printable too.

New disease variants, as shown by Covid-19's Delta, can change the course of pandemics, and identifying these changes ...

By the end of August about 4.7-million R350 grant applicants had been paid.

As the fourth wave hits, millions of donated jabs have not arrived, with the continent down to 23% of what it had

"At the end of the day, it probably doesn't really matter if you get the vaccine without realising you have Covid-19, ...

The government is preparing to ease restrictions that were imposed to curb the spread of the coronavirus after a ...

The rate of rollout of vaccinations has a significant bearing on the prospects for SA's economic recovery, says the ...

Universities and colleges are looking at ways to get them jabbed, including asking for negative Covid-19 tests

There were 6,270 new Covid-19 cases and 175 deaths recorded in the past 24 hours, the NICD said on Thursday.

As the SA Social Service Agency rolls out the R350 social relief of distress grants to approved beneficiaries, some are ...

The vaccination social mobilisation campaign is offering free sport and concert tickets to vaccinated fans

A study showed full alcohol bans during levels 4 and 5 were effective at reducing trauma cases, while partial bans were ...

“Gauteng and Limpopo have already met the end-of-wave threshold criteria," NICD acting executive director Prof Adrian ...

Almost 9-million South Africans have applied for the Covid-19 Social Relief of Distress grant.

Deputy president David Mabuza accompanied by health minister Joe Phaahla and sports, arts and culture minister Nathi ...

Fully vaxxed and ready to put a fresh stamp on your passport? Here's where you can visit.

The SA Committee of Medical Deans and the SA Committee of Dental Deans have made a call for the compulsory vaccination ...

“I was tired of seeing my patients die, that’s why I came up with that notice” ... these are the words of Dr Tafara ...

Momentum Metropolitan's life insurance businesses paid R10.7bn in death claims during the year, compared to an average ...

As the SA Social Service Agency rolls out the R350 social relief of distress grants to approved beneficiaries, some are ...

"I can smell Sun City's Valley of Waves," said one social media user.

There have been fewer daily cases over the last few days.

The infographic shows dramatic differences between the number of vaccinated versus unvaccinated people admitted to ...

The decision to be vaccinated or not remains the prerogative of an employee, says the National Employers Association of ...

SA recorded 5,372 Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, along with 282 coronavirus-related fatalities.

To communicate the real value of vaccines we must make information easily available and understandable

Prof Helen Rees, whose job is making sure what we put in our bodies is right for our bodies, tells us the unvarnished ...

Significantly fewer deaths related to Covid-19 were recorded on Sunday.

Of the new cases, most were again in KwaZulu-Natal (1,163), with the Eastern Cape (1,005) the only other province to ...

Companies need to consider their employees’ constitutional rights before implementing mandatory policies for Covid-19 ...

False negatives and false positives after a Covid-19 test are common.

Minimising severity pays off in the long term given research that shows symptoms can last six months after infection

Budget cuts to blame for the 4,107 unfilled teacher posts, says MEC

Celani Kamwambo can't wait to get vaccinated but first she needs to recover from breathlessness and "flu-like" symptoms ...

Experts say it’s time they assisted those that haven’t been able to vaccinate frontline workers and the vulnerable

Significantly fewer deaths related to Covid-19 were recorded on Sunday.

Nicolaas Venter was relieved when his sense of smell returned three days after he got Covid a year ago, but he wasn't ...

The virus that causes Covid is relentless and sneaky. To outwit its enemy — the human immune system — it continually ...

The original SARS-CoV-2 virus, first detected in Wuhan, China, in late 2019, was first detected in SA in March 2020.

“No one should be forced to be vaccinated. Instead we need to use the available scientific evidence to encourage people ...

"Discovery intends to implement a mandatory vaccination policy effective 1 January 2022," DIscovery CEO Adrian Gore ...

A Covid-19 vaccine needs to have at least 50% effectiveness against the various strains of the virus to be approved.

More than 2.8-million Covid-19 cases have been recorded since the outbreak of the coronavirus in SA, the NICD said on ...

The government is planning relaxed lockdown Covid-19 restrictions for vaccinated people, health minister Joe Phaahla ...

Health minister Joe Phaahla dropped a broad hint on Friday that his department will recommend an easing of the alert ...

"I just felt so good that I was in the right place at the right time, and I had done something to benefit the life of ...

The vaccine is safe for those who are allergic to eggs, but you will have to wait a little longer in the observation ...

When Covid-19 hit, the rental market took a battering, with many tenants seeking refuge with families and friends as ...