JOHANNESBURG, Oct 16 (Reuters) - South African coronavirus cases reported since the first infection in early March surpassed 700,000 on Friday, the health ministry said, amid fears of an impending ...

FILE PHOTO: A Stranded commuter walks at a deserted Baragwanath taxi rank during a protest by the South African minibus taxi operators against the government's financial relief package to the taxi ...

LONDON - Developers of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine expect to have a modified jab to cope with the South Africa coronavirus variant by autumn, the vaccine’s lead researcher said Sunday. Health ...

(Reuters) – South Africa halted the planned rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University after data showed it gave minimal protection against mild infection from one ...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa visits coronavirus disease treatment facilities. [Reuters] South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday hailed the arrival of the first doses of COVID-19 ...

The pandemic is pummeling the country’s economy, adding to the longstanding frustrations of an impoverished majority. The resulting unrest shows how difficult it will be for many emerging economies to ...

In a recent study published in Scientific Reports, researchers evaluate the influence of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on tuberculosis (TB) diagnostics at primary health clinics ...

We report 13,347 new #COVID19 cases identified in South Africa, which brings the total number o to 1,954,466. 226 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total to 60,264 to date. The ...

South Africa has now registered more than 500,000 cases of coronavirus, the health ministry announced Saturday, making it by far the hardest-hit country in Africa. The country has become the epicentre ...

Today is the deadline for the government to reveal the details of its Covid-19 vaccine contracts, according to a landmark High Court judgement. The Health Justice Initiative (HJI), a vocal non-profit ...