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The ABCs of grief – and when to get help
Thousands of South Africans may already be mourning the loss of their loved ones as the COVID-19 death toll rises. Here’s what to expect.
What’s unique about the body’s response to the 501Y.V2 variant? Find out
New research shows that protection against the 501Y.V2 variant could also extend to other variants — including the original virus circulating the country and the variant first identified in Brazil. Understanding the immune response to the new form of the virus in South Africa can help shape how vaccines are designed for more long-lasting and wider protection.
The story of a lifetime: Inside SA’s COVID newsrooms
What does it take to deliver accurate and engaging vaccine roll-out news during a pandemic? These media heavyweights share the realities and politics of covering COVID in South Africa’s leading newsrooms.
How to bury someone who died of COVID-19
The health department has released directives outlining how patients who succumbed to COVID-19 are to be handled and buried.
Did COVID-19 help Big Business punt harmful products?
A look at the NCD Alliance and SPECTRUM Consortium report on big business’ marketing tactics during the coronavirus pandemic and their public health consequences.
Overseas trips & a midnight curfew: This is life in lockdown level 1
You can hang out with your friends for two hours longer but night clubs are still off limits. Here’s what else is new.
Updated Coronavirus testing guide: A quick reference for South African healthcare workers
An updated version of the National Institute for Communicable Diseases’ reference guide for health workers testing for the new coronavirus.
These steroids can help treat some COVID-19 patients, but not all
The World Health Organization has approved the use of corticosteroids in patients with severe and critical cases of COVID-19. Read the WHO guidelines.
Your guide to side-effects: What you can expect after a COVID jab
Vaccines are our most powerful tool to fight the COVID pandemic. Soon, South Africa will start with its mass roll-out. We take a look at what to expect when you get vaccinated.
No cloth mask, no entry: Rules for restaurants, hotels and casinos under level 3...
Tourism directives allowing certain hospitality services to reopen their doors. These include restaurants, hotels, conference venues and casinos.
What does moral injury feel like? A guide for health workers
South African health workers have to make difficult treatment decisions every day, but epidemics make it worse. Go inside the moral distress of working on the COVID-19 and HIV frontlines with two doctors who saw it first-hand.
Lockdown laws: South Africa’s amended regulations
To curb the spread of the new coronavirus, South Africa instated a national lockdown. What do CoGTA’s amended regulations mean for you?
Updated South African guidelines for the testing and treatment of the new coronavirus
A resource summary of the updated COVID-19 testing and management guidelines from South Africa's National Department of Health and National Institute for Communicable Diseases.
The World Health Organisation’s Solidarity trial testing possible COVID-19 treatments
The World Health Organisation has launched an international study, known as the Solidarity trial, to test possible treatments for COVID-19.
Child-friendly COVID messaging matters. Here’s how you can do it right
The new coronavirus has changed a lot about our lives and children haven’t been spared. Warnings about the coronavirus just before South Africa’s lockdown in...
People without medical aid can now do walk-ins at private sites. How does it...
The health department has issued new guidance on how South Africa’s COVID vaccination sites should handle “walk-ins”. We unpack the document from how it works to who is covered.