At least protesters in New York City were kind enough to avoid a hospital, choosing instead to gather outside New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s home.
While addressing the country on Sunday regarding a new outbreak, New Zealand’s COVID-19 response minister put his foot in it.
On Saturday, a group of anti-vaxxers gathered outside Groote Schuur to protest, as healthcare professionals inside continued the battle to save lives.
South Africa’s economy is losing out on millions of rands every day that the country remains on the UK’s ‘red list’.
According to Emile Stipp, the actuary at Discovery Health, as many as four out of five South Africans may have COVID-19 already.
The latest survey results show that almost half of white South African adults don’t want to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
This week, in totally unhinged anti-vaxxer rants that are very easy to fact check, we have Matt Baker from Ocean Beach, San Diego.
Tyron Stoltz passed away due to COVID-19 on August 2. Tragically, that was just three days before the Jozi father of two was due to be vaccinated.
With the click of a mouse, or the tap of a phone screen, patently false and potentially deadly misinformation does the rounds, and Anena Burger can attest to that.
The Delta variant is clearly not to be messed with and has wrecked many plans of a return to ‘normal’, whatever that means.
The 2007 movie, starring Will Smith, is being used to push an anti-vaccine agenda. One of the screenwriters has a simple response to that.
South Africans are still on the UK’s red list, which means there are really strict (and very costly) travel requirements for Saffas touching down.
Around the world, hospital staff are relaying stories of last-minute regret at not getting vaccinated, with new headlines every day.
One of the arguments commonly used by those who don’t want to get the vaccine, or remain hesitant, is that fully vaccinated people are still getting infected.
The latest batch of South Africans to be eligible for the vaccine, aged 35 to 49, flocked to register and get the jab in record numbers. However, a large degree of hesitancy remains.
Police pitched up to a small beach in Sydney in a helicopter to warn beachgoers that they had to skedaddle out of there or face the consequences.
A viral video shows a husband bringing his mistress to a vaccination centre, only to find that his wife had come to get the jab, too.
It may seem premature to start talking about a fourth wave already, but some health experts predict that could start emerging by late October.
The opening of domestic leisure travel aside, there have been changes with regards to which international countries you can travel to as a fully vaccinated South African.
On Saturday, a large gathering of anti-vaxxers picketed along the Sea Point Promenade.
Researchers are still attempting to understand exactly what impact lockdowns have had on us, but we do know some things for sure.
Dr Emmanuel Taban, a pulmonologist at Mediclinic Midstream in Midrand, has issued a “stark warning” regarding Ivermectin use.
Katie Hopkins is no longer welcome in Australia after openly mocking the country’s quarantine measures.
Despite the fact that unvaccinated Americans account for virtually all recent COVID-19 hospitalisations and deaths, there is still a great deal of hesitancy.
The Department of Education has published the updated return dates and plans for schools in South Africa.
As of last night, South Africans aged 35 and older can register for a COVID-19 vaccine. Once you’re done there, you can book a time slot.
A recent CNN segment has shone a light on the spread of the Delta variant and our third wave, which has placed our healthcare sector under immense strain.
Critics have labelled the Australian government’s advertisement of a young woman struggling with COVID-19 as “insensitive” and worse.
South Africans were the most restricted travellers in the world at the beginning of this year. For vaccinated South Africans, international travel is now opening bit by bit.
SA Medical Research Council scientists also said earlier in the week that the highly infectious variant has been detected in wastewater at 25 treatment plants across the province.