NEWS RELATED TO covid-19-coronavirus

King William’s Town police station closed after cops test positive

World

Hospital staff snub Belgian PM

Africa

Tanzanian President says prayers quelled Covid-19

WATCH: Ramaphosa divides opinion after taking selfie with Rosebank women

‘We must unite and work together’ – Mkhize

World

India extends nationwide lockdown until end of May

Schools in Covid-19 hotspot areas could remain closed

World

Spain records new Covid-19 deaths below 100, first time in two months

Africa

Madagascar reports first Covid-19 death

Steenhuisen’s DA rivals voted against October online elective conference, say sources

ANC using fear to control us, argues DA, but ‘death visits all of us at some stage’

Didiza says more than 15,000 small-scale farmers have been approved for Covid relief

DA calls on Ramaphosa to make ‘tough decisions’ amid reports of scientific rebellion among advisers

Travel

The future of travel after Covid-19: Part 1

Travel

78 South Africans finally being repatriated from North Africa

News

Covid-19 total rises to 14,355 in SA, with 14 deaths taking total to 259

Africa

Zimbabwe to maintain Covid-19 lockdown

Spraying disinfectants can be ‘harmful’, says WHO

World

Trump hopes for Covid-19 vaccine by end of year, ‘maybe before’

World

US approves at-home sample collection for Covid-19 testing

Africa

Kenya to close borders with Tanzania, Somalia over Covid-19 fears

Quarantine everyone, says Ramathuba after 13 mineworkers test positive for Covid-19

Solidarity Fund distributes food relief to 250,000 vulnerable households

World

Spain govt to seek one-month extension of state of emergency

‘Hands off our soup kitchens’ – UN Women asked to stop SA govt interference in NPO work

World

Iran reports 35 new Covid-19 deaths, lowest since March

Africa

Angolan soldier kills teen during virus mask operation

Sea Point police station reopens after positive case, decontamination conducted

SA’s mass testing hits limits as virus spreads

World

Prickly pastime: Cactus inspires lockdown art project

Courts

Lockdown: DA calls for parliamentary oversight of state of disaster in Concourt bid

Lockdown Level 3: President’s Coordinating Council meets to discuss preparations

DA got so many donations for fight against lockdown, they say their server crashed

Covid-19 is a clarion call for SA to implement National Health Insurance

Why SA needs to stop dithering and get to at least level 2 lockdown ASAP

‘I don’t want anyone to go through what we went through’ – son shares final farewell to dad

Antimicrobial surface coating kills coronavirus for 90 days – study

World

Ukraine workers skirt lockdowns to rescue European farms

Health

Beds, cases and discharges – Gauteng’s latest hospital numbers

Health

Calls to mental health and suicide helplines have more than doubled

It seems government has realised there’s only so much it can do

Cyril playing at viral secrets is not helping any of us

Orchids to Sanral and Durex for Covid ads that work

Solidarity Fund assures SA its billions won’t be swallowed by corruption

Work from home, they said. It’ll be fun, they said

Lockdown may lead to more cases of lasting love

The groups trying to slowly pick at the lock of SA’s Covid-19 prison

Ramaphosa working to move SA to Level 3 before month-end

News

Covid-19 infections rise to 13,524, with deaths up by 9 to 247

Six more staff members test positive for coronavirus at Cape Town old age home

Health

Western Cape records 8 more deaths as SA marks 50 days of lockdown

R140 for a packet of cigarettes in Soweto that aren’t ‘fake’

Courts

Bishop pays fine after his phone records sell him out for lying about his whereabouts

Travel

Group of South Africans stranded in Peru with no chance of repatriation in sight

The virus has shown capitalism has reached the limits of its usefulness – PAC

Sars employees donate over R700K to Solidarity Fund

Rethinking Covid-19 in children

More than 3.5 million unemployed apply for R350 Sassa grant

WATCH: Eldorado Park Clinic receives sanitising booth

Alberton pharmacy forced to close after staffer tests positive

News

Specialist doctor on precautionary suspension after exposing staff, cleaners to Covid-19 patient

Staff, patients test positive at Valkenberg Psychiatric Hospital, some areas closed

North West health dept staffers back at work after protest over doctor’s Covid-19 diagnosis

Pikitup closes Norwood depot after two employees test for Covid-19

Cats can transmit Covid-19 to other cats but not humans, study confirms

‘No benefit’ in hydroxychloroquine virus treatment – two studies

Witbank Police Station closed after cop tests positive for Covid-19

Rustenburg hospital nurses testing positive for virus highlights health system strain

Sport

Messi accepts ‘risk’ of possible La Liga return

Four in court for allegedly buying or selling liquor during lockdown

Western Cape prepares for Covid-19 peak

Africa

Q&A: Africa’s coronavirus enigma

Africa

Virus could infect more than 200 million in Africa – WHO modelling

Cut Ramaphosa some slack, he doesn’t have many choices

Lockdown Diaries: If only cops would arrest criminals