COVID-19: How to Disinfect Your Smartphone: With a safe and effective vaccine still many months away, the most important aid in slowing the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19 is prevention. While a lot of focus has been placed on washing hands and other bodily hygiene tips, high contact surfaces tend to be neglected or forgotten about, including your beloved smartphone. Not … [Read more...] about COVID-19: How to Disinfect Your Smartphone
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Panic buying in the wake of COVID-19 underscores inequalities in South Africa | The Conversation
Panic buying in the wake of COVID-19 underscores inequalities in South Africa: South Africa's Alexandra township in the foreground, where the majority live in squalor, and Sandton in the background, representing the most privileged ShutterstockPictures of empty shelves and long queues have pervaded all forms of media in South Africa over the past few days. These scenes … [Read more...] about Panic buying in the wake of COVID-19 underscores inequalities in South Africa | The Conversation
Subz designs 100% cotton face masks as a preventative measure for COVID-19
Subz designs 100% cotton face masks as a preventative measure for COVID-19: In an effort to address the spread of COVID-19, KwaZulu-Natal entrepreneur and philanthropist, Sue Barnes, has designed a 100% cotton face mask which can assist in minimising the transmission of viral germs. Founder of Subz Pants and Pads and its NPO, Project Dignity, Barnes successfully created the … [Read more...] about Subz designs 100% cotton face masks as a preventative measure for COVID-19
How the COVID-19 pandemic will affect informal workers. Insights from Kenya | The Conversation
How the COVID-19 pandemic will affect informal workers. Insights from Kenya: Vendors in a market Billy Miaron/ShutterstockCOVID-19 is going to have a devastating impact on economies. Africa has a particular vulnerability because so many people work in the informal sector. In an interview with Moina Spooner from The Conversation Africa, Njeri Kinyanjui explains how this could … [Read more...] about How the COVID-19 pandemic will affect informal workers. Insights from Kenya | The Conversation
Five ways academics can manage COVID-19 shutdowns | The Conversation
Five ways academics can manage COVID-19 shutdowns: What lecturers and students can do in the absence of the bricks-and-mortar lecturing experience. Getty ImagesThe COVID-19 pandemic has begun affecting a range of African countries where infection rates have been rising, though not at the rates being experienced in the US and Western Europe. Governments have been taking … [Read more...] about Five ways academics can manage COVID-19 shutdowns | The Conversation
