The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) said three more deaths were recorded leaving the fatalities on 100 744.

South Africa added 8920 new cases on Thursday, 12 May. The country now has 73 724 active cases of COVID-19.

Following a two-year hiatus, one of SA’s most-anticipated music festivals, Rocking the Daisies, is back and will take place in October 2022.

WHO reports on Tuesday that there are 348 probable cases of acute hepatitis among children across 20 countries.

South African National Parks (SANParks) has launched a R370m upgrade programme in the Kruger National Park.

South Africa added 10 017 new cases on Wednesday, 11 May. The country now has 68 872 active cases of COVID-19.

While China imposed zero-covid strategy to combat pandemic outbreak by trapping people at home, WHO calls the strategy unsustainable.

WHO says they have enough vaccines and will not order from Aspen, although the plant will close after receiving no Covid-19 vaccine orders.

Switzerland has dropped all COVID-19 entry restrictions, allowing entry to all international visitors – vaccinated or non-vaccinated.

Government has been widely criticised for the new COVID-19-related restrictions which were recently gazetted

The fifth wave of COVID may have caused a spike in cases, but underneath the surface, the data in South Africa doesn’t look too glum.

Amid South Africa’s fifth wave of infections, Zodwa Wabantu bragged about drinking from multiple beer bottles belonging to fans.

Experts believe South Africa’s approach to the Covid-19 pandemic without a lockdown is correct, some believe the world will follow suit.

Leading experts say South Africa is in its fifth Covid-19 wave but the health department has been sluggish to make the announcement.

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) said seven more deaths were recorded leaving the fatalities on 100 523.

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) said eleven more deaths were recorded leaving the fatalities on 100 561.

Trade union Solidarity has referred to the health regulations gazetted by Government as unlawful and irrational and is planning legal action.

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The extended mask mandates in South Africa have upset a lot of people – including a top vaccinologist from Wits University.

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) said seven more deaths were recorded leaving the fatalities on 100 471.

The Department of Health has cleared confusion around the extended COVID-19 regulations, stating that children MUST wear masks at school.

President Cyril Ramaphosa is working with African presidents to save South Africa’s Aspen Covid-19 vaccine plant.

‘This is good news, for now’ – that’s according to one of SA’s leading COVID-19 experts, after he analysed the latest fifth wave data.

Two Omicron sub-variants of Covid-19 was first detected in southern Africa, spread globally, now the dominant variant accounting for new cases

Limited Covid-19 regulations were announced by the Minister of Health minutes before the previous ones expired on Wednesday evening.