NEWS RELATED TO covid-19-coronavirus

Almost 900K jobs lost is the best case scenario for Gauteng – Makhura

Schools to start reopening from 1 June, but no sport to be allowed

Health

New KZN health train assisting in Covid-19 fight

Free State ready for level 3, but not Bloemfontein – Ntombela

MEC Gomba didn’t fart on TV and isn’t racist – Eastern Cape health dept

Initiative launched to test hundreds of taxi drivers, queue marshals for Covid-19

How ‘trivial’ lockdown offences could have dire consequences – ACDP

Covid-19 has dealt Ajax a heavy hand

Free State govt identifies 25 quarantine sites

Seven Sars employees test positive for Covid-19

DA says ANC is evidently divided on race-based Covid-19 funding

WATCH: e.tv delivers news bulletins from presenters’ homes after Cape Town studios close

Put lives first but finish the season – Myeni

To hell with government keeping us indoors like we are kids, says ‘sarcastic’ Shilowa

Meshoe claims ‘politician’ cooked his Covid-19 results to drive message to black people

Wits University to study the reliability of Covid-19 rapid tests

Makhura says Gauteng will move to Level 3 in June

Private sector the biggest culprit of failing to protect its frontliners, claims Denosa

Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital not shut down after patient tested positive for Covid-19

Motshekga’s update on preparations for schools reopening moved from 4pm to 6pm

SARS antibodies can block Covid-19 infection – study

DA alleges Joburg officials refuse to help PR councillors with food parcel requests

EFF calls for closure of all non-essential mines

Summer unlikely to curb coronavirus pandemic growth – study

Checkers Hyper Edenvale closed following positive Covid-19 case

Three EC police stations close their doors as cops test positive for coronavirus

Vaccines have to be affordable to all

Presymptomatic virus patients can contaminate environments – study

World

Scientists in China believe new drug can stop pandemic ‘without vaccine’

Think twice about spreading just any old news

What ‘normal’ are you yearning to return to?

Xenophobia, racism and stigma on the rise globally in lockdown – report

Immigrants are living in fear and hunger, NGOs say

Mboweni faces tough balancing act to save lives and the economy

Health

Fix SA’s patent laws, Ramaphosa, or virus vaccine won’t help us

SA science body lauds govt for leadership, response to pandemic

World

WHO wins praise from many countries, criticism from the US

US auto plants get back to work after Covid-19 halts

‘I am alive because of them’ – Covid-19 survivor grateful to CT hospital staff

Sport

Premier League clubs agree group training return from Tuesday

Coronavirus: 3 more Eastern Cape police stations close for deep cleaning

World

Xi backs virus inquiry as Europe eases out of lockdown

Ramaphosa asks for global support in combating the virus in WHO address

More than 14K virus parolees would’ve been eligible for parole within two years

Cuban doctors deployed in North West get to work

News

Witbank Police Station closed after Covid-19 case now fully operational

Newtown Park Spar closes after employee tests positive for Covid-19

Sport

Spanish clubs begin group training as La Liga eyes June restart

Correctional services clarifies massive jump in infections

DA complains to SAHRC over prevention of food distribution by NGOs

DA calls for premier to move Limpopo to Level 2 ‘to save economy’

Motshekga to give update on Tuesday on preparations for schools reopening

Limpopo to quarantine mineworkers from Covid-19 epicentres

These are the top five Covid-19 hotspots in Western Cape

Ramaphosa to brief WHO on SA’s virus strategy

World

European landmarks reopen but virus hits hard elsewhere

Crime

Man arrested for threatening to assassinate senior govt officials for ‘lying’ about Covid-19

News

Concerns rise as Covid-19 cases increase in East London correctional services

Hand the league title to Kaizer Chiefs – Thobejane

Over 15,000 farmers approved for Covid-19 fund

KZN hospital closed after Covid-19 cases to reopen on Monday

Leading SA health experts warn that Covid-19 response is hurting other health priorities

Over R500m in funding for farmers approved so far

Tension simmers as questions are raised about access to Covid-19 information

ANC, it’s time to back down on the lockdown

Courts

If government can’t explain its lockdown laws, policies will be determined in the courts

Mines must heed health call amid Covid threat

Women hit back at government for interfering with their soup kitchens

Health

CRL Rights Commission asks for traditional healers to be included in Covid-19 fight

Kwasa king drives around Limpopo villages using loudspeaker to tell people about Covid

The Covid pandemic suggests the dream of one health system for all is possible

News

SA has first jump of more than 1,000 in a day as Covid-19 total now reaches 15,515

KZN ready to move to Level 3, but ‘everyone has to play their part’ – Zikalala

World

UK govt boosts vaccine funding as daily Covid-19 deaths fall

Newzroom Afrika Cape Town staff test positive for Covid-19