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COVID-19
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SA Travel Shake Up: These Five Countries Still Can’t Visit Visa-Free
05 Oct 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
Minister of Home Affairs Aaron Motsoaledi announced on Sunday that 11 countries would now be allowed to enter South Africa visa-free, but five of those are on the ‘red list’.
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Dirty Money: The Germs You Find On Cash These Days
29 Sep 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
In the interest of safety, many businesses have all but abandoned cash in the age of COVID-19. Turns out there’s a reason it’s called ‘dirty money’.
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Peak America – Football, Cheerleading, And Tasering Someone For Not Wearing A Mask [Video]
29 Sep 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Alecia Kitts refused to wear a face mask at a football game in Ohio, and then refused to leave when asked to do so by an officer. Enter the Taser.
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Two Million Deaths By New Year’s: Dire COVID-19 Predictions From Experts
29 Sep 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
We may be suffering from collective COVID-19 fatigue, but that doesn’t mean we should lose sight of the bigger picture.
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The Latest On New Zealand’s COVID-19 Situation
22 Sep 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
New Zealand was an early success story in terms of curbing the spread of COVID-19, but there have been a few sizeable speedbumps along the way.
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What Security Experts Say About Downloading The ‘COVID Alert SA’ App
21 Sep 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Given South Africa’s collective mistrust of our government, it comes as no surprise that the COVID-19 tracing app has been met with scepticism.
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Obviously Liam Is Fighting With Noel Over Face Masks
18 Sep 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Pluck a subject out of thin air, and there’s a high probability that Liam and Noel Gallagher have had, or will have, a fight about it.
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Why COVID-19 May Have Peaked Earlier In African Countries
17 Sep 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Broadly speaking, experts state that COVID-19 has not behaved in expected ways in a number of African countries.
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Everything We Know About Alert Level 1 [Infographics]
17 Sep 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
It’s happening, South Africa: on Monday, September 21, we move to alert level 1. It’s time to brush up on the new rules.
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WATCH LIVE: President Ramaphosa Addresses The Nation [Video]
16 Sep 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This evening, at 7PM, President Ramaphosa will address the nation, and it’s expected that he will announce we are moving to alert level 1.
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Report States Ramaphosa Will Announce The Move To Alert Level 1 Tonight
16 Sep 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
According to reports, President Ramaphosa will announce the drop to alert level 1 tonight, which includes the lifting of certain restrictions related to international travel.
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Bill Gates Points Out US And UK’s Major COVID-19 Blunders
15 Sep 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Whilst Gates is hopeful that we could see the back of COVID-19 “by sometime in 2022”, he reckons we could have done far, far better with our global response.
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Why Bob Woodward Didn’t Report Trump’s COVID-19 “Deadly Stuff” Comments When It Happened
11 Sep 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
During his interviews with Trump back in February, the president made it clear that he knew just how deadly the COVID-19 virus could be.
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You May Well Have Had COVID-19 Already
11 Sep 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
A report by Discovery Health estimates that one-third of South African adults have likely been infected with the virus.
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We Could Drop To Alert Level 1 This Week
09 Sep 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
According to health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize, there are discussions around a reduction in alert levels, as the worst of the surge appears to be over.
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Planning A Trip? ‘Travel Shaming’ Is A Thing Now
09 Sep 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
If you’re travelling during the pandemic, and you’re documenting it all on social media, there’s a chance you could be harshly judged.
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We Could Learn A Thing Or Two From China’s ‘COVID-Proof’ City
09 Sep 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
Work has started on a new “COVID-proof” city of the future, designed to keep life ticking over when the rest of the world shuts down.
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Scientists Outline How A COVID-19 Vaccine Should Be Rolled Out
08 Sep 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
The Fair Priority Model specifies what a fair distribution of vaccines would look like, and how it would work, summed up in three phases.
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Ozzies Rage As Pregnant Woman Arrested For Anti-Lockdown Facebook Post [Video]
03 Sep 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
Public opinion is divided over a video of a pregnant woman, arrested in Australia, for promoting an anti-lockdown protest online.
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It Might Be Time To Retire That Face Shield [Videos]
02 Sep 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
That valve mask or face shield that you’ve been wearing might not offer the protection you think it does.
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Everything You Need To Know About SA’s New COVID-19 Tracing App [Video]
02 Sep 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
The new COVID Alert SA app looks like it might actually work to prevent the spread of the disease.
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Three Lessons From History On Why We Shouldn’t Rush A COVID-19 Vaccine
01 Sep 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
History tells us that while a COVID-19 vaccine would be timely, scientists shouldn’t jump the gun before sending one out into the world.
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Now We’re Talking! They’re Paying People To Self-Isolate
27 Aug 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In the UK, they’re now paying coronavirus sufferers, and those they’ve come into contact with, to quarantine themselves.
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SA’s ‘Second Surge’: Good News, But Expert Says Data From Next Few Days Is Vital [Video]
26 Aug 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Prof Salim Abdool Karim, the chairperson of the COVID-19 Ministerial Advisory Committee, is optimistic about our efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19.
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Were You Behind Yesterday’s Booze Ban Voicenote? The Police Are Coming [Video]
26 Aug 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Once the voicenote began to spread, South Africans rushed to the bottle store in fear of being caught out once more.
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World’s Largest Nudist Resort At Centre Of “Very Worrying” COVID-19 Outbreak
25 Aug 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
There has been a “very worrying” outbreak of COVID-19 at a popular nudist holiday resort in France.
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KFC Is No Longer ‘Finger Lickin’ Good’
25 Aug 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
Yeah, it’s probably not a great idea to encourage ‘finger lickin’ when there’s a highly contagious virus doing the rounds.
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Lockdown Numbers Are In – A “Devastation Of Economic Activity”
25 Aug 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Statistics SA has published reports on the state of the motor trade industry, tourist accommodation, the transport industry, and the food and beverage sectors.
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These Six Treatments Offer Hope For Battling COVID-19
25 Aug 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
A highly contagious and unpredictable virus like COVID-19 is tough to treat, but scientists are making some headway.
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Whistleblower Lifts The Lid On Deadly Gauteng Hospital Conditions
25 Aug 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
South Africa may have weathered the worst of the storm, but stories of gross negligence and corruption will continue to emerge as the months roll on.
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