OMICRON TIMES Pfizer vaccine provides high level of protection against severe disease - SAMRC/Discovery Health study 4 min 0 By Estelle Ellis
CORONAVIRUS GLOBAL UPDATE Pfizer Covid pill effective in preventing hospitalisations; South Africa registers 23,884 new cases 6 min 0 By Bloomberg
PUBLIC HEALTH African countries must step up efforts on Covid-19 vaccination, conference told 3 min 0 By Zukiswa Pikoli
OMICRON TIMES Eastern Cape cases triple in five days while premier orders municipalities to accelerate vaccination drive 3 min 0 By Estelle Ellis
GROUNDUP OP-ED People in South Africa should not have to suffer and die alone in hospital from Covid-19 3 min 0 By Gareth Kantor
FOURTH WAVE Zombies, cannibals and killing off the poor: KZN battles a deluge of vaccine misinformation 8 min 0 By Chris Makhaye and Nce Mkhize
THE RED LIST NO MORE UK lifts its Omicron travel ban on South Africa and 10 other southern African nations 5 min 0 By Peter Fabricius
VACCINE MANDATES More universities implement mandatory vaccination policies 3 min 0 By Victoria O’Regan
MAVERICK CITIZEN: NEWS ANALYSIS Despite evidence and dodgy deals, Office of the Auditor-General says fogging is ‘not irregular Covid-19 expenditure’ 5 min 0 By Mark Heywood
TRAVELLER NOTES Flying blind at Cape Town International Airport: How Omicron has shaken travel plans and sent anxiety soaring 8 min 0 By Giuseppe Rajkumar Guerandi and Tamsin Metelerkamp
AMABHUNGANE Beijing’s soft power: China offers 300,000 free vaccine jabs to SANDF troops 6 min 0 By Tebogo Tshwane for amaBhungane
CORONAVIRUS GLOBAL UPDATE Goldman Sachs, Fidelity halt return-to-office plans; South Africa registers 13,992 new cases 7 min 0 By Bloomberg
CORONAVIRUS South Africa breaches 30% positivity rate as Covid-19 cases soar 2 min 0 By Estelle Ellis
LOCALISATION OP-ED Capitalism’s recalibration: From globalisation to deglobalisation to onshoring 11 min 0 By Patrick Bond
GROUNDUP OP-ED An alternative vaccine strategy for middle-income countries 6 min 0 By Neil Thomas Stacey
OMICRON Covid-19 positivity rate spikes after National Health Laboratory Service admits technical problems led to delay in test results 2 min 0 By Estelle Ellis
CORONAVIRUS ‘Too early to know’: Scientists still studying characteristics and transmissibility of Omicron variant 3 min 0 By Estelle Ellis
GIVE IT A SHOT South Africa gives nod to Pfizer Covid-19 booster, but no decision on vaccine mix-and-match 3 min 0 By Estelle Ellis
Desperate for a vaccine Still no national plan to ensure access to vaccines for ‘the undocumented’ 7 min 0 By Mark Heywood
Oped: Letter from Indonesia The quarantine convert: Balancing public health and human rights 12 min 0 By Robin Gorna
OMICRON TIMES No one is asking Gift of the Givers for emergency oxygen – and that’s good news 2 min 0 By Estelle Ellis
