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On 5 May, the director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, formally terminated the Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) for...
It’s recommended that certain people get yet another booster shot of the vaccine, and questions abound as to why – or if – this is necessary....
In the well over two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have gone through lockdowns, punitive economic restrictions, and irksome impositions on our physical and social...
With 2022 well underway, many expected to see the end of the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, we find ourselves rather bewildered by the information at hand. On...
Less than a month ago, the word “omicron” was meaningful only to the Greek community. It’s the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet, leaving only nine...
President Cyril Ramaphosa announced last Thursday, 30 September, that the country would be moving down to adjusted level 1 lockdown. A number of restrictions have now...
About 200 years ago, the Torah giant, the Tiferet Yisrael (Rabbi Israel Lifshitz – 1782 to 1860) exhorted his followers to be vaccinated against smallpox. The...
Now is the time when serious consideration is being given to what lies ahead for the end-of-year holiday season under the spectre of COVID-19. Will it...
One and a half years into the COVID-19 pandemic may be a suitable time to look back, and try to visualise possible future scenarios. The world...
The Ministerial Advisory Committee on COVID-19 Vaccines (VMAC) as well as the two other MACs are concerned about the extent of vaccine hesitancy in the country....
In the first week of the national COVID-19 vaccine rollout, more than 117 000 people were vaccinated, with many of our senior citizens receiving their first...
Going into our second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have been fed an ample diet of despair, blame, and negativity, especially when it comes to...
After a great deal of public clamour, media noise, and anxious expectations, the first batch of COVID-19 vaccines have finally arrived. What can we expect? Undoubtedly,...
The announcement by the president of progress to lockdown level 2 from 18 August and the consequent lifting of the great majority of infection-control restrictions has...
