In an historical agreement between African Union and European Union, Aspen will start producing vaccines under licence rather than under contract at its Gqeberha plant in the Eastern Cape. Over the next three months, starting late July, Aspen will be delivering over 17 million Johnson & Johnson vaccine doses to South Africa and other African […]
Read MoreThe third wave of COVID-19 has been the most devastating wave to hit South Africa, particularly Gauteng thus far. Gauteng has reached its peak and the numbers of new cases are decrease as per the first graph below. The COVID-19 deaths in Gauteng are still increasing at an alarming rate as per the second graph […]
Read MoreSouth African President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed the nation on the 11th July 2021 to give COVID-19 updates and adjust level 4 with giving a bit more back. The updated restrictions include the below as of the 11th July 2021: Curfew will remain be from 21h00 to 04h00. Travel in and out of Gauteng will remain […]
Read MorePart 3 of Dr Sheri Fanaroff frequently asked questions and answers. 3. WHY ARE SO MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD A PFIZER VACCINE GETTING INFECTED? ● Pfizer is a two dose vaccination regime and we have unfortunately seen many people infected in the first couple of weeks after their first vaccination. This may be because […]
Read MoreIn the last couple of days, the rate of new COVID-19 cases has been declining slowly, but at a noticeable rate. The lockdown 4 restrictions have thus far yielded good results in combatting the third wave and Makhura states that Gauteng is close to its peak. Gauteng citizens have been more compliant with the lockdown […]
Read MoreSources: Department of Health Vaccine Update Report, 08th July 2021
Read MoreIn the last 14 days: 21,427 new cases 70,797 tests conducted 30.3% test positivity 599 new deaths 455 new hospitalisations Gauteng – 49% of new cases Western Cape – 13% of new cases Limpopo – 9% of new cases KwaZulu-Natal & North-West – 8% of new cases each Mpumalanga – 6% of new cases Eastern […]
Read MorePart 2 of Dr Sheri Fanaroff frequently asked questions and answers. 2. IS MY SINGLE DOSE J&J VACCINE EFFECTIVE? DOES IT WORK AGAINST DELTA? I’VE HEARD OF LOTS OF PEOPLE WHO WERE VACCINATED GETTING INFECTED? ● This week, J&J came out with data showing that the vaccine is effective against Covid infections from the Delta […]
Read More– For the week ending 2nd July, South Africa recorded 5% of recorded COVID cases in the world, with Gauteng reporting 3% of worldwide cases. – We vaccinated only half the number of people as new positive cases reported in 24 hours on Sat 3rd July (26 455 new cases and 12 289 vaccines). – […]
Read Morecontinued to decrease, with just under 54 000 deaths reported in the past week, a 7% decrease as compared to the previous week. This is the lowest weekly mortality figure since early October 2020. The cumulative number of cases reported globally now exceeds 183 million and the number of deaths is almost 4 million. This […]
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