SA On The Brink Of Third Wave
Share with your network! The Department of Health the cumulative number of COVID-19 cases identified in South Africa is 1 675 013 with 5 782 new cases reported. This represents a 12,7%...
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Australia's Victoria extends Melbourne COVID-19 lockdown for 2nd week
By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's Victoria state on Wednesday extended a snap COVID-19 lockdown for a second week in Melbourne in a bid to contain an outbreak of the highly...
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Melbourne Lockdown Extended Another Seven Days as Covid Cluster Grows
(Bloomberg) -- Melbourne’s lockdown will be extended beyond the initial seven days announced last week as authorities struggle to contain a Covid-19 cluster that’s grown to 60 and is more...
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COVID-19: Global South responses have shown up social policy challenges – and strengths
A volunteer delivers food parcels in Masiphumelele informal settlement in Cape Town, South Africa. EFE-EPA/Nic BothmaThe COVID-19 pandemic is more than a health crisis. It has also revealed...
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Melbourne’s Covid Cluster Triggers Restrictions on Gatherings
(Bloomberg) -- Gathering restrictions will be imposed in Melbourne as authorities race to clamp down a small cluster of Covid-19 cases in Australia’s second-most-populous city.Private...
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SA Reports 2 585 New COVID-19 Cases
Share with your network! The Department of Health have confirmed that the total number of COVID19 cases is 1 613 728 the total number of deaths is 55 210 the total number of recoveries is 1...
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UPDATE 5-Oil prices jump but India coronavirus cases weigh
** Coronavirus sweeps through India* Biden says U.S. fuel shortages to end in days(Updates prices, adds detail)By Ahmad GhaddarLONDON, May 14 (Reuters) - Oil prices rose on Friday, reversing...
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Japan to Expand Covid State of Emergency Ahead of Olympics
(Bloomberg) -- The Japanese government is set to add three more prefectures to the coronavirus state of emergency, as it confronts a worsening surge just over two months before Tokyo is set...
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Oil extends loss on India COVID-19 cases, U.S. pipeline restart
* Coronavirus sweeps through India's countryside* Biden: U.S. fuel shortages to end in days as pipeline reopens* Israeli-Palestinian hostilities enter their fifth dayBy Jessica...
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U.K.’s Johnson ‘Anxious’ as Covid-19 Variant Doubles in Week
(Bloomberg) -- U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he’s “anxious” about the spread of a Covid-19 variant from India and ruled no measures out as fresh statistics showed cases more than...
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UPDATE 7-Oil drops 3% on India's COVID-19 crisis, U.S. pipeline restart
* Crude prices pull back from eight-week high* Coronavirus sweeps through India's countryside* Biden: U.S. fuel shortages to end in days as pipeline reopens (Updates prices to settlement,...
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S.Africa's COVID-19 death toll much higher than official tally - report
JOHANNESBURG, May 13 (Reuters) - A South African report into excess deaths over the past year suggests more than 133,000 people in the country have died from COVID-19, far more than the...
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Covid Outbreaks in Bangkok Prisons Push Thai Cases to New Record
(Bloomberg) -- Thailand recorded the highest single-day increase in coronavirus cases with new clusters emerging in Bangkok’s prisons, complicating the fight to quell the worst outbreak to...
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Oil drops as India coronavirus crisis tempers rally
TOKYO, May 13 (Reuters) - Oil prices fell on Thursday, pulling back from an eight-week high as concerns about the coronavirus crisis in India, the world's third-biggest importer of crude,...
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SA Reports 1 548 New COVID-19 Cases
Share with your network! The Department of Health have confirmed that the cumulative number of COVID-19 cases identified in South Africa is 1 599 272.Testing DataThe number of tests...
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Many Health Workers Still Need Vaccine
Share with your network! One Johannesburg vaccination centre says it’s prepared to handle the influx of people wanting to get vaccinated when Phase Two of the COVID-19 vaccination...
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India’s New Covid Cases Have Peaked, Cambridge Tracker Shows
(Bloomberg) -- The number of new coronavirus infections in India has peaked, according to a new tracker developed by researchers at Cambridge Judge Business School and the National Institute...
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SA Reports 1 129 New COVID-19 Cases
Share with your network! The Department of Health have confirmed that the cumulative number of COVID-19 cases identified in South Africa is 1 597 724.Testing DataThe number of tests...
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Senior Citizens Urged To Register For Vaccine
Share with your network! Senior citizens are being encouraged to register for the COVID-19 vaccine. The Western Cape Health Department is urging young people to help their elders. Less than...
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Argentina confirms first cases of COVID-19 variants from India, South Africa
BUENOS AIRES, May 10 (Reuters) - Argentina's Health Ministry on Monday confirmed its first cases of the more contagious COVID-19 variants discovered in India and South Africa in three...
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What you need to know about the coronavirus right now
May 10 (Reuters) - Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus right now:India's COVID-19 cases dip from peakCalls grew for India to impose a nationwide lockdown as new coronavirus...
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UPDATE 1-SAfrica picks up first cases of coronavirus variant from India
(Adds details)CAPE TOWN, May 8 (Reuters) - South Africa's health ministry said on Saturday it had detected the first four cases of a new coronavirus variant that emerged in India and was...
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SAfrica picks up first cases of coronavirus variant from India
CAPE TOWN, May 8 (Reuters) - South Africa's health ministry said on Saturday it had detected the first four cases of a new coronavirus variant that emerged in India and was responsible for a...
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Japanese shares edge up on tech gains, COVID-19 measures cap rise
TOKYO, May 7 (Reuters) - Japanese shares ended higher on Friday as investors scooped up cheap technology stocks, while concerns around the slow economic recovery due to the extension of...
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GRAPHIC-Latest COVID-19 wave less damaging for emerging market stocks
By Tom Arnold and Marc JonesLONDON, May 7 (Reuters) - Huge COVID-19 outbreaks in India, Brazil and Turkey have put developing economies at the epicentre of the pandemic, but their reluctance...
