Tag: South Africa
Approval of SA’s COVID mRNA vaccine could take 3 years: WHO
South Africa's Afrigen Biologics, which was part of WHO's consortium, said it has used the publicly available sequence of Moderna's…
South Africa seeing more cases of Omicron sub-variant
South Africa entered a fourth wave of COVID-19 infections driven by Omicron late last year, shortly after alerting the world…
Over 82 die from lightning strikes, drownings in South Africa
Dams in South Africa and the mountain kingdom of Lesotho were said to be at their bursting points due to…
12 killed after SUV smashes into 22-seater bus, igniting fire
A spokesman from the Limpopo Department of Transport and Community Safety reported that the driver of the Toyota SUV lost…
Nigerians mourn compatriot Olusola Solarin killed in South Africa
The killing of Solarin on Dec. 12 last year has raised the death tally of Nigerians in South Africa to…
3 Nigerians die in South Africa , 2 killed by police
In a separate incident in Kempton Park, Ipid said a Nigerian suspect was killed following a shootout with the police…
Health officials not panicky as Omicron dominates in South Africa
The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) presented a study on Wednesday indicating that the Omicron variant had milder effects…
Kidnapped Nigerian Okinedo found dead in South Africa
A South African newspaper reported that his body was discovered near a bush in Newlands – Kwazulu Natal on Wednesday…
South Africa hit by 4th wave of COVID-19 caused by Omicron
The variant which has been detected in seven of the country's nine provinces, has raised global fears of a surge…
South Africans with Omicron not seriously ill, says doctor
So far, the cases detected in South Africa are not serious, Angelique Coetzee, who chairs the South African Medical Association,…
Canada bans flights from 7 African countries
The Canadian government has said all foreign nationals who have travelled through the seven affected countries in the last 14…
Morocco imposes travel ban on South Africa, others
Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has said its travel ban covers South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho, Eswatini, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.
U.S. joins EU, UK, slams travel ban on South Africa, others
The decision was made on the advice of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the COVID-19 Response Team, and…
South Africa slams Britain for rushed travel ban
Britain on Thursday temporarily banned flights from South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Lesotho and Eswatini from Friday after its detection…
Britain bans flights from South Africa, Botswana, 4 others
Under new rules, returning British travellers from those destinations would also have to quarantine.