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A resident from the Alexandra township gets tested for COVID-19 in Johannesburg, South Africa. (AP)

South Africa sees dip in new virus cases but warns of return

More than 24,000 healthcare workers have been infected by the coronavirus in South Africa which is five percent of...

5 Aug 2020 4:25 PM IST

In Tswane, the municipality that includes the capital Pretoria, 52 children under the age of 2 diagnosed with the coronavirus have been admitted and one has died. (Bloomberg Image)

Toddlers make up 10% of hospital cases in Omicron epicenter in...

More kids are being admitted than during the early stages of the country entering the current fourth wave of infections

30 Nov 2021 3:42 PM IST

A health worker prepares a syringe with a dose of a Covid-19 vaccine in Bimbo, near Bangui, on November 15, 2021. (AFP)

Explainer: Here's what we know so far about the new variant in South...

A new variant of the coronavirus that causes Covid-19 has been identified in South Africa, with officials there saying...

26 Nov 2021 1:23 PM IST

A throat swab is taken from a patient to test for COVID-19 at a facility in Soweto, South Africa, Dec. 2, 2021. (AP)

South Africa lifts curfew as Omicron wave subsides

Infections dropped by almost 30% last week compared to the preceding seven days while hospital admissions also declined...

31 Dec 2021 11:52 AM IST

New cases in that week of the current wave, driven by the omicron variant, were about 20,000 a day, compared with 4,400 in the same week of the third wave. (Bloomberg Image)

South Africa hospitalization rate falls 91% in Omicron wave

Only 1.7% of identified Covid-19 infections in the second week of the fourth wave of infections were admitted to the...

17 Dec 2021 2:01 PM IST