SA will have third highest toll in Africa, says world body SA will experience the third highest toll in Africa from the coronavirus pandemic, the World Health Organisation (WHO) predicts. A report by the WHO regional office for Africa,…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) as well as several research and civil society organisations have thrown their weight behind the government’s continued ban on tobacco sales as it begins to relax the lockdown, saying the prohibition…
By CEBELIHLE BHENGU World Health Organisation (WHO) executive secretary Dr Michael Ryan has praised South Africa for its fight against the coronavirus. Ryan spoke on Wednesday during a press briefing in Geneva, Switzerland. He said of the…
Sleeplessness, concentration difficulties, loss of hope and suicidal thoughts – these are some of the psychological effects the coronavirus pandemic has had on many South Africans. This is according to Abdurahmaan Kenny, mental health…
By now, most of our readers should be aware of the ongoing pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) that began in China and has since spread to 23 other countries. The most recent situation report released by the World Health…
Here are the opening remarks by health minster Dr Zweli Mkhize at a briefing at the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) in Johannesburg on Wednesday: The department of health wishes to assure the public that South Africa…
