COVID-19 testing: the answers to six simple questions: John Paraskevas/Newsday RM vis Getty ImagesAs COVID-19 spreads throughout the world, the need for more extensive laboratory testing increases. Testing and diagnosing people who have the disease is critical to tracking cases and managing the pandemic. But countries around the world have been … [Read more...] about COVID-19 testing: the answers to six simple questions | The Conversation
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Reality of exponential growth of COVID-19 shows South Africa’s lockdown is right | The Conversation
Reality of exponential growth of COVID-19 shows South Africa's lockdown is right: South African President Cyril Rampahosa, centre, ordered a 21-day lockdown. GCIS/Flickr, CC BY-NDExponential growth is a hard thing for the human mind to grasp. In nature, it seldom comes at us with the rapidity with which the COVID-19 pandemic is unfolding. This leads people and governments to … [Read more...] about Reality of exponential growth of COVID-19 shows South Africa’s lockdown is right | The Conversation
Why Africa’s journalists aren’t doing a good job on COVID-19 | The Conversation
Why Africa's journalists aren't doing a good job on COVID-19: ShutterstockThe media’s coverage of COVID-19 is being questioned as the disease sweeps across the world. The pandemic has severely tested national health systems and is wreaking havoc on economies and ordinary lives. How can the media constructively communicate the urgency and severity of … [Read more...] about Why Africa’s journalists aren’t doing a good job on COVID-19 | The Conversation
TB, HIV and COVID-19: urgent questions as three epidemics collide | The Conversation
TB, HIV and COVID-19: urgent questions as three epidemics collide: Doctors Without Borders supporters march in protest to the American Consulate in Johannesburg in 2012 over lack of funding to fight HIV. Photo by Foto24/Gallo Images/Getty ImagesTuberculosis (TB) and HIV pose a significant burden on South Africa’s health system. There’s a close relationship between the two. … [Read more...] about TB, HIV and COVID-19: urgent questions as three epidemics collide | The Conversation
Covid-19: Major mall owners hammered on the JSE – Port Elizabeth Coronavirus News |MyPE
Covid-19: Major mall owners hammered on the JSE – Port Elizabeth Coronavirus News: Covid-19: Major mall owners hammered on the JSE: While Rebosis no longer has interests in the UK, locally its well-known regional shopping centres include Baywest Mall in Port Elizabeth and Hemingways Mall in East London. Speaking to Moneyweb, … Source: Coronavirus “Port … [Read more...] about Covid-19: Major mall owners hammered on the JSE – Port Elizabeth Coronavirus News |MyPE
