Africa waited for solutions to past health crises: will it be different for COVID-19?: A researcher holds a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine at the National Primate Research Center of Chulalongkorn University in Thailand. Chaiwat Subprasom/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesThe World Health Organisation (WHO) recently noted that “researchers are working at break-neck speed” to … [Read more...] about Africa waited for solutions to past health crises: will it be different for COVID-19? | The Conversation
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Balancing privacy with public health: how well is South Africa doing? | The Conversation
Balancing privacy with public health: how well is South Africa doing?: The French mobile phone application StopCovid, developed to trace people who test positive with COVID-19. Chesnot/Getty ImagesCOVID-19 spreads from person to person through droplet and contact transmission. That’s why contact tracing and quarantining have been included as one approach to control the spread … [Read more...] about Balancing privacy with public health: how well is South Africa doing? | The Conversation
Covid-19: Patients refuse to self-isolate or use state quarantine facilities – deputy health minister
Covid-19: Patients refuse to self-isolate or use state quarantine facilities - deputy health minister: Deputy Health Minister Joe Phaahla has said many people who are either contacts of Covid-19 patients, or have tested positive, are reluctant to go into self-isolation. ...... Source: WN.com - Southafrica News Audit reports show how VBS got its claws into municipalities: … [Read more...] about Covid-19: Patients refuse to self-isolate or use state quarantine facilities – deputy health minister
Lagos state is likely to get hotter and more humid, leading to greater health risks | The Conversation
Lagos state is likely to get hotter and more humid, leading to greater health risks: An aerial view of a part of Lagos. shutterstockWithout doubt, there are several reasons to believe that our climate is changing. Records over the period of 1880-2012, indicate that the surface temperatures have risen globally. There has also been an increasing rate of the warming reported over … [Read more...] about Lagos state is likely to get hotter and more humid, leading to greater health risks | The Conversation
Stop mass Covid-19 testing now – irate scientists to Health Minister Zweli Mkhize
Stop mass Covid-19 testing now - irate scientists to Health Minister Zweli Mkhize: Scientists have for weeks called on the Department of Health to stop its mass testing programme and to rather focus on hospitals and healthcare workers. ...... Source: WN.com - Southafrica News SA citizen 'desperate' to come back home after being quarantined on a ship since March: A South … [Read more...] about Stop mass Covid-19 testing now – irate scientists to Health Minister Zweli Mkhize
