Framing Covid-19 in the South African News Media: An Analysis of 22 Months of ReportingCorlia Meyer
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases across the African continent reached 749,492 on Wednesday, the Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said. The Africa CDC, specialized healthcare agency of the African Union (AU) Commission, in its latest situation up...
and distribution within the African continent. For example, during the study period, December 2020 to December 2021, almost half (48%) of the COVID-19 cases reported to WHO from the African continent were from the Republic of South Africa. This high incidence and mortality of reported COVID-...
South Africa’s nationwide lockdown in its fifth-straight week threatens to cripple the economy as companies file for voluntary liquidation and business rescue. South Africa, one of the top emerging markets, has been hard hit by the COVID19 pandemic. The country has performed 197,127 covid-1...
The impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on HIV care in 65 South African primary care clinics: an interrupted time series analysis. Lancet HIV. 2021;8(3):e158–65. Article PubMed PubMed Central CAS Google Scholar Rick F, Odoke W, van den Hombergh J, Benzaken AS, Avelino-Silva VI. ...
The Covid-19 pandemic has caused havoc in the world, radically changing our lives and raising new and old questions, both existential and educational. This
Characteristics and Outcomes of Hospitalized Patients in South Africa During the COVID-19 Omicron Wave—Reply JAMA Comment & Response June 7, 2022 Characteristics and Outcomes of Hospitalized Patients in South Africa During the COVID-19 Omicron Wave JAMA Comment & Response June 7, 2022 Excess Morta...
South African children are not yeteligiblefor COVID-19 vaccination and may not be for a while. The reasons for this include the lower risk of disease and the need to prioritize the elderly;limited informationon the efficacy and safety of the vaccines in children; and limited number of vaccine...
South Africa’s health department said last week that a new genetic mutation of Covid-19 had been found in the country and may be responsible for a recent surge in infections. Sudan will ban travellers from South Africa, Britain and the Netherlands from December 23 due to the disco...
While U.K. Health Secretary Matt Hancock raised alarm bells about the COVID-19 variant first detected in South Africa, health experts say there's more to the story.