NEWS RELATED TO covid-19-coronavirus

World

France vows faster vaccine rollout after criticism

Over 3k screened for Covid-19 as holidaymakers return to Gauteng

Western Cape nearing peak of Covid-19 second wave

DA asks Modise to reconsider urgent debate on Covid-19 vaccine plan

eThekwini Mayor Mxolisi Kaunda tests positive for Covid-19

Public warned against using Ivermectin to treat Covid-19

News

79 new healthcare workers deployed to Western Cape’s frontline

ANC KZN summons councillor over Covid-19 misinformation voice note

No need for mass burial sites yet, says funerals’ body

Push for vaccine transparency

Health

Hospitals ‘under strain’

Be transparent with vaccines

Extra oxygen for Western Cape patients amid increase in hospitalisations

World

What we do and don’t know about new Covid mutations

World

UK set for tougher virus rules as cases surge

World

EU defends its slow vaccine roll-out

Mkhize ‘caught sleeping in the face of a deadly pandemic’, says Cosatu on vaccine rollout

Matric markers urged to take personal responsibility for ensuring incident-free process

Crime

Fake booze warning issued after massive bottle-cap theft

WATCH: Kidney patient, 82, gets first Oxford/AstraZeneca jab

At least 50 fake Covid-19 tests discovered at Beitbridge

No planned NCCC meeting, says government spokesperson amid level 5 fears

Beijing vaccinates thousands in Covid-19 jab drive

Covid-19: SA has no strategy for isolation and quarantine, says leading economist

Western Cape plan to jump Covid-19 vaccine queue ‘not likely to succeed’

Gauteng braces for Covid-19 surge as holidaymakers return

Daily Covid-19 update: New cases drop to 11,859, deaths at 402

SA targeting 40 million people in phase one of Covid-19 vaccine rollout

KZN increases bed capacity as it prepares to commission new Covid-19 hospital

WATCH: Mkhize outlines SA’s Covid-19 vaccine rollout strategy

World

India approves two Covid-19 vaccines for emergency use

World

Lockdowns, curfews, alcohol bans as nations fight resurgent virus

Africa

Zimbabwe shuts down borders for 30 days as Covid-19 cases surge

KZN resort forced to close after manager tests positive for Covid-19

Rugby

SA’s second wave of Covid-19 leaves British & Irish Lions tour in doubt

True love finds a way – Italian nurse proposes to girlfriend using PPE

World

Medics warn of coronavirus ‘catastrophe’ in Lebanon

Gauteng Covid cases surge by 4374 ahead of holidaymakers’ return

Opera to return to Sydney after virus hiatus

Ministers take on fake news, deny partying up a storm on level 3 NYE

World

Bangkok imposes partial lockdown to combat virus

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India holds vaccine drills ahead of mass inoculation drive

Gauteng bracing for holiday travellers from Covid hotspots

Beaches still lure many visitors in the Garden Route

Soldiers to assist in Garden Route Covid hotspot

Health protocols in place for start of matric marking

World

New Year arrives with US hitting 20 million Covid cases

Daily Covid-19 update: New cases drop to 16,726, deaths at 418

‘We do not believe he broke any rules’ say police after Mantashe wedding kerfuffle

Joburg retirement village sees Covid cases mount

Health

Life Healthcare hospitals under pressure with additional screening areas the norm

UK approaches one million vaccinated as cases surge

World

Canadian lawmaker resigns after taking lockdown vacation

Health

WHO grants ’emergency validation’ to Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine

Health

Baragwanath hospital trauma area empty on new year’s day for the first time ever

Travel

Covid-19 continues advance in Africa

Crime

Policing the suburbs – authorities enforce lockdown regulations on NYE (pictures)

Covid19: Western Cape cape death toll for 2020 just under 7 000

Covid-19: ‘Broke’ Eastern Cape govt unable to buy PPE for schools in 2021

Tragedy hits former UDM leader Mncedisi Filtane family as four more die of Covid-19

World

France detects case of South African coronavirus variant

WATCH: ‘The year ahead will be difficult’ warns Ramaphosa in New Year’s message

SA hits new high, breaching 18,000 mark for daily Covid-19 cases

Africa

Nigerian worshippers at a loss as ‘crossover’ prayers cancelled

NPO to hold Dlamini-Zuma in contempt of court over lockdown regulations

Deputy Police minister tests positive for Covid-19

Crime

Booze ban: KZN liquor traders will lose licences if caught trading

Cancelled: How to get a refund to Joburg Zoo’s Festival of Lights

Travel

Slight changes under Level 3 announced by transport sector

DBE ‘deeply worried’ about second wave impact on marking, 2021 academic year

EXPLAINED: Why do we not have a Covid vaccine yet in SA?

EFF defends video of Julius Malema dancing, not distancing, and with no mask on

World

US logs more than 3,900 Covid-19 deaths in new daily record: Johns Hopkins

KZN health MEC denies rumours of hospital bed shortage for patients

World

China’s first vaccine hustled to market as race to inoculate 1.3bn speeds up