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Melva Mlambo, right, and Puseletso Lesofi, both medical scientists prepare to sequence COVID-19 omicron samples at the Ndlovu Research Center in Elandsdoorn, South Africa. (AP /Jerome Delay)

South Africa-'s case drop may show omicron peak has passed

After hitting a high of nearly 27,000 new cases nationwide on Thursday, the numbers dropped to about 15,424 on Tuesday

22 Dec 2021 9:03 AM GMT

New cases in that week of the current wave, driven by the omicron variant, were about 20,000 a day, compared with 4,400 in the same week of the third wave. (Bloomberg Image)

South Africa hospitalization rate falls 91% in Omicron wave

Only 1.7% of identified Covid-19 infections in the second week of the fourth wave of infections were admitted to the...

17 Dec 2021 8:31 AM GMT

Sandile Cele, a researcher at the Africa Health Research Institute in Durban, South Africa, works on the omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus. (Photo: AP)

Trial of new oral drug against COVID-19 begins in South Africa

South Africa has been struggling with its plans to achieve the herd immunity through vaccinations

16 Dec 2021 11:04 AM GMT

Air China flight crew members in hazmat suits walk through the arrivals area at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021. Brazil and Japan joined the rapidly widening circle of countries to report cases of the omicron variant Tuesday. (AP/Jae C. Hong)

-'It was scary-': How South African scientists spotted the Omicron...

The samples, tested in the Lancet laboratory, all bore a large number of mutations, especially on the spike protein

1 Dec 2021 5:58 AM GMT

In Tswane, the municipality that includes the capital Pretoria, 52 children under the age of 2 diagnosed with the coronavirus have been admitted and one has died. (Bloomberg Image)

Toddlers make up 10% of hospital cases in Omicron epicenter in...

More kids are being admitted than during the early stages of the country entering the current fourth wave of infections

30 Nov 2021 10:12 AM GMT

In this file photo taken on September 13, 2021 an elerly patient receives the 3rd dose of the Pfizer-BioNtech Covid-19 vaccine in Paris. (Photo: AFP)

WHO to meet on Friday to assess new COVID-19 variant detected in South...

The latest variant is the most heavily mutated version discovered so far

26 Nov 2021 7:20 AM GMT

Sudan Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok. (AFP Photo)

Sudan PM, officials detained, internet down in apparent coup

Footage shared online appeared to show protesters blocking streets and setting fire to tires, security forces used tear...

25 Oct 2021 10:21 AM GMT

World Health Organization headquarters at Geneva. (AFP)

WHO: Mortality from COVID-19 around the world dropped to lowest level

To date, the WHO has reported 238,229,951 cases of coronavirus infection worldwide since the beginning of the pandemic...

14 Oct 2021 9:26 AM GMT

Tanzanian writer Abdulrazak Gurnah poses for the media in Canterbury, England, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021. (Photo:AP)

Gurnah Nobel prize a 'victory for Tanzania and Africa': govt

Born in 1948, Gurnah has published 10 novels and a number of short stories focusing post-colonialism and the plight of...

7 Oct 2021 7:33 PM GMT

An elderly patient receives a dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, at a clinic at Orange Farm, near Johannesburg. Pfizer has announced that a South African firm will begin producing the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID vaccine, the first time that the vaccine will be produced in Africa. (AP)

South African firm to make Pfizer vaccine, first in Africa

The move will help address the continentâ€™s desperate need for more vaccine doses amid a recent surge of cases

22 July 2021 5:27 AM GMT

A young boy walks past a mural promoting vaccination for COVID-19 in Duduza township, east of Johannesburg, South Africa. (Photo: AP)

Delta Covid variant likely driving huge infection surge in South...

The NICD on Friday said nationally there had been 18,762 new COVID-19 infections and 215 COVID-19 related deaths...

27 Jun 2021 3:38 AM GMT

Medical staff wearing PPE suits (Personal Protection Equipment) transfers a body of a patient who died of Covid-19 coronavirus into a ambulance at mortuary in New Delhi on May 18, 2021. (Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP)

Sudan bans travellers from India, imposes other COVID-19 restrictions

Sudan's health emergency committee also warned that cases country could top 100,000-mark by mid-June if restrictions...

19 May 2021 7:07 AM GMT