The Covid-19 community of South Africahttps://www.bizcommunity.com//196/858.htmlSouth Africa Bizcommunity Covid-19 news15Covid-19 news - South Africahttps://biz-file.com/res/img/logo.gifThe Covid-19 community of South Africahttps://www.bizcommunity.com//196/858.htmlen-usMon, 24 Jul 2023 14:12:11 +0200Exposed: Audits reveal misuse of R17.5bn in Covid-19 Ters paymentshttps://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/511/239714.html<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2306/703943-208x117.jpg?5" width=208 height=117 alt="Source: Pixabay." align="left"><br><span >Source: Pixabay.</span><p>Smiso Nkosi, a manager in the UIF Commissioner's office, <a href="https://www.sanews.gov.za/south-africa/r21bn-paid-n-west-workers-affected-covid-pandemic" target="_blank">told journalists</a> that forensic auditors of the UIF are continuing to audit companies in the province as well as around the country to ensure that the correct amounts of Covid-19 Ters monies were paid over to workers at the right time.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/511/239714.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=511&ct=1&ci=239714">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/511/239714.htmlThu, 29 Jun 2023 12:20:00 +0200Bizcommunity Covid-19 South AfricaCovid-19 vaccine scheme for poorest has $2.6bn left to spend as pandemic recedeshttps://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/858/239575.html<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2306/703359-208x117.jpg?5" width=208 height=117 alt="Source: Reuters." align="left"><br><span >Source: Reuters.</span><p>Several billions of dollars left in a scheme to deliver Covid-19 vaccines to the world's poorest could be diverted to prepare for other pandemics or to support vaccine manufacturing in Africa, the scheme's partners said.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/858/239575.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=858&ct=1&ci=239575">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/858/239575.htmlMon, 26 Jun 2023 15:27:00 +0200Bizcommunity Covid-19 South AfricaNo direct evidence Covid started in Wuhan lab - US intelligence reporthttps://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/858/239548.html<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2306/703244-208x117.jpg?5" width=208 height=117 alt="Source: Security personnel keep watch outside the Wuhan Institute of Virology during the visit by the World Health Organization (WHO) team tasked with investigating the origins of the coronavirus disease, in Wuhan, Hubei province, China February 3, 2021." align="left"><br><span >Source: Security personnel keep watch outside the Wuhan Institute of Virology during the visit by the World Health Organization (WHO) team tasked with investigating the origins of the coronavirus disease, in Wuhan, Hubei province, China February 3, 2021.</span><p>US intelligence agencies found no direct evidence that the Covid-19 pandemic stemmed from an incident at China's Wuhan Institute of Virology, a report declassified on Friday, 23 June, said.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/858/239548.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=858&ct=1&ci=239548">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/858/239548.htmlMon, 26 Jun 2023 07:32:00 +0200Bizcommunity Covid-19 South AfricaCDC orders discard of 12.5 million doses of J&J Covid-19 vaccinehttps://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/858/238585.html<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2305/698732-208x117.jpg?5" width=208 height=117 alt="Source:" align="left"><br><span >Source: [[https://www.pexels.com/search/vaccine/ Pexels]]</span><p>US consumers are no longer able to to receive the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/858/238585.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=858&ct=1&ci=238585">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/858/238585.htmlFri, 19 May 2023 20:29:00 +0200Bizcommunity Covid-19 South AfricaCDC's Rochelle Walensky to bow outhttps://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/858/238208.html<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2305/697160-208x117.jpg?5" width=208 height=117 alt="Source: The Center for Disease Control." align="left"><br><span >Source: The Center for Disease Control.</span><p>The director of the US' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is stepping down from her role.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/858/238208.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=858&ct=1&ci=238208">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/858/238208.htmlMon, 08 May 2023 17:52:00 +0200Bizcommunity Covid-19 South AfricaCovid-19 global health emergency over, but pandemic not over - Health Depthttps://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/858/238178.html<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2305/697068-208x117.jpg?5" width=208 height=117 alt="Source:" align="left"><br><span >Source: [[https://www.pexels.com/search/Covid/ Pexels]]</span><p>The Department of Health says it has noted an announcement by the World Health Organisation (WHO) that Covid-19 no longer constitutes a public health emergency of international concern.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/858/238178.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=858&ct=1&ci=238178">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/858/238178.htmlMon, 08 May 2023 11:05:00 +0200Bizcommunity Covid-19 South AfricaSA launches first Covid-19 antigen self-test kithttps://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/858/237595.html<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2304/694545-208x117.jpg?5" width=208 height=117 alt="Source:" align="left"><br><span >Source: [[https://www.pexels.com/search/mobile%20phone%20app/ Pexels]]</span><p>South Africa is home to the first deployment of a Covid-19 antigen self-test kit with companion mobile-phone application, HealthPulse TestNow.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/858/237595.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=858&ct=1&ci=237595">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/858/237595.htmlWed, 12 Apr 2023 15:44:00 +0200Bizcommunity Covid-19 South AfricaA Mama Moment for our moms - Medshield medical schemehttps://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/158/237066.html<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2303/692192-208x117.jpg" width=208 height=117 alt="A Mama Moment for our moms - Medshield medical scheme" align="left"><p><b>Medshield Mom invited young mothers, new mothers and expecting mothers to <i>Take a Mama Moment</i> at a special high tea event in Johannesburg on Saturday, 18 March. The sold-out first-ever Medshield Mom event was a resounding success, with Reach for a Dream benefitting from the ticket sales.</b><!></p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/158/237066.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=158&ct=1&ci=237066">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/158/237066.htmlThu, 23 Mar 2023 11:51:00 +0200Bizcommunity Covid-19 South AfricaAseem Malhotra's SA tour raises public healthcare safety scarehttps://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/858/237026.html<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2303/692006-208x117.jpg?6" width=208 height=117 alt="Source:" align="left"><br><span >Source: [[https://www.pexels.com/search/Covid-19/ Pexels]]</span><p>The current visit, lecture tour and associated social-media campaign by UK-based cardiologist, Aseem Malhotra in South Africa has raised public-safety concerns among clinicians, scientists, and public-health specialists in South Africa and beyond.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/858/237026.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=858&ct=1&ci=237026">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/858/237026.htmlWed, 22 Mar 2023 12:15:00 +0200Bizcommunity Covid-19 South AfricaAdapting to innovation in the healthcare sector beyond just techhttps://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/159/236945.html<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2303/691723.png" width=208 height=117 alt="Adapting to innovation in the healthcare sector beyond just tech" align="left"><p>Adapting to innovation takes time and effort. It took the telephone 64 years, electricity 45 years, and computers 23 years to achieve 40% consumer adoption. Although healthcare is not unique in slow innovation and adoption, it a is laggard and other sectors have been innovating better, faster and smarter. The pandemic revealed a long-overdue urgency to innovate and embrace new tools and technologies.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/159/236945.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=159&ct=1&ci=236945">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/159/236945.htmlFri, 17 Mar 2023 15:40:00 +0200Bizcommunity Covid-19 South Africa