Intel employees offered $250 incentive to get COVID-19 vaccine by Town Press August 17, 2021 0 Intel is the latest tech company encouraging employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19, but unlike some other tech giants, it won't...
WHO to trial malaria, arthritis drugs as COVID treatments by Town Press August 12, 2021 0 The World Health Organization (WHO) will test three new drugs as potential treatments for people in hospitals with severe COVID-19...
What is the Lambda coronavirus variant? by Town Press July 28, 2021 0 Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, the virus that causes the disease, SARS-CoV-2, has mutated multiple times, with some strains being...
Undocumented migrants and vaccination in South Africa question by Town Press February 26, 2021 0 Pretoria – Several NGOs, including Lawyers for Human Rights, have called on the government not to forget undocumented people living...
Israel freezes programme to send vaccines abroad, defence minister says by Town Press February 26, 2021 0 JERUSALEM - Israel has frozen its programme to send COVID-19 vaccines abroad to buy international goodwill, Defence Minister Benny Gantz...
Cabinet extends SA’s National State of Disaster by another month by Town Press October 14, 2020 0 Cabinet has decided to extend the National State of Disaster by yet another month. Cabinet says this period will allow...
Free State Health increases COVID-19 capacity at government hospitals by Town Press August 21, 2020 0 The Free State Health department will stop referring COVID-19 patients to private hospitals as the department is opening more facilities....
Scale of SA’s COVID-19 outbreak warrants more testing: Expert by Town Press August 3, 2020 0 A Senior Researcher at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Dr Ridhwaan Suliman, says the scale of the coronavirus...
Covid-19 vaccine trials in Africa get R25m injection by Town Press August 3, 2020 0 Pretoria - The process to conclude a R25 million investment to boost pan-African vaccine manufacturing was underway, Minister of Higher...
COVID-19 vaccine could be rolled out this year, says lead developer by Town Press July 21, 2020 0 The University of Oxford’s possible COVID-19 vaccine could be rolled out by the end of the year, but there is no certainty...