Covid-19 in numbers: Get the latest figures

“A large number of unvaccinated people aged 50+ are predicted to die in this fourth wave,” said the Gauteng health ...

SA recorded 4,373 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, with more than 3,100 of them in Gauteng.

Part of the increased rate of admissions may reflect extra precaution on the part of parents given the new concern ...

Niehaus says South Africans must be allowed to choose whether they want to get vaccinated in line with their ...

Section27 has asked to be admitted as a friend of the court in an application by the African Christian Democratic ...

The emergence of a new Covid-19 variant B.1.1.529, named Omicron by the World Health Organisation, has rattled many ...

Covid-19, joblessness, financial stress, deaths and GBV are taking their toll, so do what you can to help those in need

Johnson & Johnson and Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Ltd have agreed on terms that may lead to a licensing deal allowing the ...

The Covid-19 Omicron variant was detected in the Netherlands before two flights arrived from SA last week, Dutch health ...

Australia imposed new restrictions on Saturday on people who have been to nine Southern African countries, as the new ...

The meeting had been scheduled for Sunday amid rapidly increasing Covid-19 cases across the country, particularly in ...

US President Joe Biden will restrict travel to the United States US from eight Southern African countries effective ...

It may be more transmissible than Delta and it’s spreading fastest among under-25s, so now’s the time to get vaccinated

University of KwaZulu-Natal geneticist professor Tulio de Oliveira has appealed to the world not to isolate SA and the ...

Britain announced it was temporarily banning flights from South Africa and five other countries from Friday and that ...

Scientists are monitoring a new Covid-19 variant with an “extremely high number” of mutations that has been detected in ...

You won't catch Covid-19 from food and grocery deliveries if health and safety protocols are observed

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) confirmed on Thursday that a new Covid-19 variant known as ...

The safe-haven yen rallied while the South African rand and risk-sensitive Australian dollar slumped on Friday, as ...

The discovery of the variant shows the need to increase vaccinations against Covid-19 on the continent, says Matshidiso ...

"Those who refuse to be vaccinated are advised to start restraining themselves by staying away from gatherings," says ...

Members of parliament’s standing committee on public accounts on Wednesday lambasted an Unemployment Insurance Fund ...

Despite a high number of Covid-19 infections, 31,521 out of 86,630 health workers employed by the Gauteng health ...

The following is a summary of some recent studies on Covid-19. They include research that warrants further study to ...

According to the World Health Organisation, there is “no evidence of a direct connection between climate change and the ...

The prohibition of faith-based gatherings due to Covid-19 regulations in December 2020 and January this year was ...

About 35% of South Africans are fully vaccinated, just half the government's year-end target.

Co-operative governance and traditional affairs minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma’s conduct in banning faith-based ...

SA recorded 868 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, with Gauteng again accounting for the vast majority.

More than half of SA families have bought or rented extra devices for their children's remote learning during the ...

SA's Health Products Regulatory Authority has received an application for a Pfizer booster vaccination against Covid-19.

Gauteng accounted for nearly 80% of SA's new Covid-19 cases, the latest data from the NICD showed.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advised that employers and colleagues can encourage each other ...

The latest figures to come out Gauteng are a forceful reminder that now is not the time for SA to let its guard down

Thuli Phongolo says she's not horribly sick but is fighting Covid-19.

As we approach Christmas, faith-based gatherings may be banned again 'while casinos stay open'

Most new cases in the 24-hour cycle are from Gauteng.

"While it might be too early to talk about the fourth wave being in our midst, now is not the time to let our guard ...

You can get your second jab at any vaccination site in Gauteng.

As the first signs of a possible fourth wave for Gauteng emerge, scientists predict a somewhat easier ride for SA than ...

After the super-spreader disaster of last year, this year's event is operating a strict 'no vaccine no entry policy', ...

Three policy areas suggest quickly implementable solutions that will help to ensure SA emerges a more equitable ...

The Gauteng health department on Friday warned that citizens should not become complacent as the province has seen a ...

All electronic vaccination data system information is securely stored and the system is compliant with all applicable ...

The national health department on Friday told parliament’s health portfolio committee that several of its programmes ...

The priority is to vaccinate as many people over 50 ahead of the anticipated fourth wave, because more than 80% of ...

An application by a Christian organisation seeking a declaration for the Covid-19 regulations around religious ...

According to the World Health Organisation, vaccine recalls or withdrawals due to safety issues are rare.

As SA hit day 600 of lockdown on Thursday, the Institute of Race Relations has challenged President Cyril Ramaphosa to ...

Childhood vaccination, whatever stance is taken, is a complex social process.

There has been a steady increase in the number of influenza cases from the week starting August 23, with a sharp ...

"There will be plenty of time for celebrating once you have completed your exams," Western Cape education MEC Debbie ...

"Don't shut us down in December", the hospitality industry pleaded on Tuesday, calling on government not to impose ...

While studies are conflicted on whether there is an increased risk of getting Covid-19 if you are living with HIV, the ...

The constitution guarantees the right to healthcare, but the vehicle for upholding it places elites ahead of the ...

There were 148 new infections recorded in Gauteng in the past day. The next worst-hit was the Western Cape with 31 ...

A shortage of burial plots and viable land for new cemeteries has been worsened by the pandemic’s death toll, forcing ...

"Don't shut us down in December", the hospitality industry pleaded on Tuesday, calling on government not to impose ...

Government is preparing the health system for a resurgence in infections by stocking up on oxygen supply, ventilators, ...

A shortage of burial plots and viable land for new cemeteries has been worsened by the pandemic’s death toll, forcing ...

While studies are conflicted on whether there is an increased risk of getting Covid-19 if you are living with HIV, the ...

Expert from Wits University says government has handled ‘demand creation’ poorly

While no funds are missing from the artists' Covid-19 relief fund, there was a lack of oversight resulting in an ...

Healthcare workers lined up slowly this week for a booster shot of the J&J Covid-19 vaccine, with about 6,000 getting a ...

SPONSORED | During Integrated Public Service Month, the government assessed the overall state of public service in SA ...

The SA Medical Association said there must be a choice of Covid-19 booster vaccine after Johnson & Johnson won the ...

SA's active Covid-19 case numbers are “relatively high” at about 16,000 but “far less than the peak”, health minister ...

Former chief justice Mogoeng Mogoeng has criticised the way President Cyril Ramaphosa’s administration handled the ...

“There is no maximum time — in fact, the longer the interval is, usually the better,” says Dr Melinda Suchard, head of ...

While some companies were hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic and were even forced to shut down, former Telkom ...

Gauteng recorded 173 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, about 44% of the total number of infections across SA in ...

According to the department of health, irregular or extended periods after vaccination are thought to be an immune ...

“The vaccine does not work on the DNA of the body," says the Department of Health.

Over the past two years, we’ve lost many people. Jobs have been lost. The economy has nosedived. Our lifestyles have ...

There is no chance of contracting Covid-19 while swimming because "the Covid-19 virus does not transmit through water ...

Science should trump politics in SA's drive to vaccinate its population against Covid-19, says SA Council of Churches ...

Gauteng was the only province to record more than 50 new Covid-19 cases in the past day, latest figures from the NICD ...

Walter Sisulu University and North West University have been granted R3.5m to support locally made candidate vaccines, ...

There were only 305 new Covid-19 cases recorded across SA in the past 24 hours, the NICD said on Wednesday.

"Hot peppers in your food, though very tasty, cannot prevent nor cure Covid-19," says the World Health Organisation.

In a bid to ramp up Covid-19 vaccination numbers before the festive season, the department of health is offering jabs ...

Shares tied to reopening trades from casinos to airlines surged in Asia on Monday after Pfizer said its Covid-19 pill ...

More than 23-million Covid-19 vaccine doses have been administered in SA so far, the health department says, as it ...

Health experts have encouraged citizens to get the Covid-19 vaccine, saying it will help ease some of the tight ...

SA recorded 339 new Covid-19 cases and 44 deaths in the past 24 hours, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases ...

Drugs in the same class as molnupiravir have been linked to birth defects in animal studies. Merck, known as MSD ...

Formula One leader Max Verstappen said he was not worrying about Covid-19 affecting the championship outcome but rival ...

The risk of dying from Covid-19 is 20 times higher among people who are not vaccinated than those who had the double ...

Thermal scanners, also known as temperature guns, have been at the forefront of mass surveillance during the pandemic, ...

The number of active Covid-19 cases in the Western Cape slipped below 1,000 on Thursday.

Access to the second Sisonke study trial for healthcare workers will begin soon, SA Medical Research Council and ...

The regulator said immunisation anxiety-related reaction can cause hyperventilation among vaccinated individuals.

The outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic has had a devastating impact across the globe,  but there are signs that life ...

Long Covid is the post-Covid-19 condition that occurs in individuals with a history of probable or confirmed infection.

There were 18 Covid-19 related deaths reported in the past day, taking the total number of fatalities to 89,197 to date.

Working longer hours with no boundaries during the protracted Covid-19 lockdown is starting to bite, with many ...

The Capital Hotels and Apartments, which owns and operates several luxury establishments in SA, says it has achieved ...

There were just 106 new Covid-19 cases recorded across SA in the past 24 hours, the NICD said on Monday.

Moderna says Pfizer is trying to fathom how to play its game, while Pfizer says it’s proud of every shot-maker’s efforts

Getting vaccines into at least 40% of the population can prevent more than 9-million Covid-19 infections and more than ...

As the race to develop cheaper and easy-to-administer vaccines against Covid-19 continues, a US drug maker has been ...

Teenagers have been the worst-affected by Covid-19, with the pandemic becoming a mental health crisis for many, says ...

Pop-up vaccination sites will operate at 1,000 voting stations on Monday.

The Covid-19 lockdown has left women at high risk of domestic violence, a new study has found.

Enthusiastic teens who are lining up for the Covid-19 jab across all provinces have driven up the vaccination needle, ...

Despite 7.8-million jobless people, an economy throttled by the pandemic — and a threatened insurrection — many South ...

There were 475 new Covid-19 cases and 47 deaths recorded in SA in the past 24 hours, the NICD said on Friday

As the number of fully vaccinated people continues to grow in SA, questions about why some people are still becoming ...

Long-standing structural inequalities, political entrepreneurs and Covid-19 fuelled the riots that left more than 300 ...

It left big food producers laughing all the way to the bank, while small farmers, fishers and traders suffered, says ...

Oramed Pharmaceuticals Inc. won approval to run an initial clinical trial for its orally delivered Covid-19 vaccine ...

A recent survey of 1,200 South Africans shows financial and pandemic-related worries are taking a severe toll on their ...

SA recorded 533 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases said on ...

The coronavirus has overtaken cancer as well as heart and artery claims, which in previous years were the main causes ...

"The grant will not be available if you try to collect it before you have received an SMS," the SA Post Office has ...

The start of the matric exams today marks the beginning of the end of a 12 year schooling career for many.

The department of basic education has assured pupils that they don't need to be vaccinated to write their final exams.

The proportion of positive Covid-19 tests has reached its lowest point since the start of the local outbreak.

Vaccination of adolescents may reduce duration of symptoms, limit transmission to others and allow an earlier return to ...

In an early Christmas present for South Africans, cruise ships will again be allowed to set sail in local waters, while ...

Market research conducted by outsourcing company Outsized suggested that up to 30% of future staff complements in SA ...

The department of correctional services has expressed confidence in the 211 prisoners who will be writing their matric ...

The period between waves in SA ranges from 94 to 99 days, with high-risk events having little impact on this