Gauteng COVID-19 cases near 100 000 mark
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In this week's Global COVID-19 Wrap, SABC News captures highlights from the African continent, Europe, Asia, and the Americas.
The Chief of India's top clinical research agency said in a leaked letter circulated on Friday it envisaged launching a novel coronavirus vaccine by August 15, prompting scepticism from some health experts who questioned the short timeline.
Mpumalanga has adopted a three pillar strategy to deal and mitigate the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19).
An expert from the Centre for Infectious Diseases, Professor Andrew Boulle says the Western Cape has not yet reached its coronavirus peak.
Contact tracing is under way in Frankfort in the Free State after eight mourners tested positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19). They were part of a group of people who attended a funeral service held in the area.
South Africa records another daily increase in coronavirus cases with 8 728 new confirmed cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 169 061.
10 children have died of COVID-19 in South Africa, with 2 deaths in the past week alone. Statistics from the Department of Health also revealed that children make up approximately 6% of COVID-19 infections in the country.
The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Department of Correctional Services is 2 623, comprising of 1360 officials and 1 263 inmates. Active cases are standing at 830.
Close to 600 schools in Gauteng have been affected by the coronavirus.
A landslide at a jade mine in northern Myanmar killed at least 126 people, with more feared dead, authorities said on Thursday, after a heap of mining waste collapsed into a lake and buried many workers under mud and water.
Hundreds of healthcare workers are picketing outside the Inkosi Albert Luthuli Hospital in Durban. The workers who are affiliated to trade union National Education, Health and Allied Workers' Union (Nehawu) say they are being forced to work despite over a 100 of their colleagues testing positive for the coronavirus.
India has given the green signal for the mass production of COVID-19 treatments as the government grapples with the highly-infectious virus.
The leadership of the National Education, Health and Allied Workers' Union (NEHAWU) will continue to visit workplaces in the Western Cape on Thursday to establish if safety protocols are in place for health workers.
Gift of the Givers donated an advanced instrument to conduct rapid COVID-19 tests to the University of KwaZulu-Natal's College of Health Sciences.
South Korea has started distributing stocks of the COVID-19 treatment remdesivir which have been donated by Gilead Sciences Inc and plans to begin talks to purchase more supplies in August, its disease control agency said.
The Centre for Disease Control has added diarrhoea, abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting to the list of new symptoms for COVID-19. The centre says older people and those with underlying medical conditions remain at an increased risk for severe illness.
South Africa is in partnership talks with India’s Macleods Pharmaceuticals Ltd to set up a state-owned company to make and sell HIV drugs in the local market, industry officials said.
The average water levels for dams supplying Cape Town stand at 62%.
The Health Department is warning of an upsurge in the coronavirus infections in South Africa in the next few weeks.
Bharat Biotech’s COVID-19 vaccine has been approved for human trials, making it India’s first domestic candidate to get the green light from the government’s drug regulator as cases surge in a country with more than 1.3 billion people.
Workers at six Amazon sites in Germany will go on strike on Monday in protest over safety after some staff at logistics centres tested positive for coronavirus, labour union Verdi said.
The number of COVID-19 infections worldwide is expected to breach the 10 million mark this week as scientists double efforts to develop a vaccine.
As of 28 June, South Africa's cumulative number of total COVID-19 cases is 138 134. The Health Department reports 43 new COVID-19 related deaths, bringing the total to 2 456 and recoveries stand at 68 925.
Hot and sunny weather in Arizona led to crowds tubing on at least one river this weekend as that state and a dozen others face the worst surge in coronavirus cases since the pandemic started.
Global coronavirus cases exceeded 10 million on Sunday according to a Reuters tally, marking a major milestone in the spread of the respiratory disease that has so far killed almost half a million people in seven months.
Pilots and test crew members from the US Federal Aviation Administration and Boeing Co (BA.N) are slated to begin a three-day certification test campaign for the 737 MAX on Monday, people familiar with the matter told Reuters.
Public health specialists have warned that as South Africans develop what they call epidemic fatigue, they are increasing the risk of COVID-19 infections.
Young scientists from the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) say sharing or spreading of misinformation and cybercrime during the COVID-19 pandemic has gone up during these period.
Global retail giant Amazon (AMZN.O) and Japanese SoftBank (9984.T) have made approaches to Russian conglomerate Sistema (AFKS.MM) about a possible acquisition of its online retailer Ozon, Sistema’s majority owner Vladimir Evtushenkov said on Saturday.
