President Cyril Ramaphosa. (GCIS) President Cyril Ramaphosa has said that scientists gave government the green light to move to Level 1 of the nationwide lockdown. However, he said, the World Health Organisation had called for the gradual easing of the lockdown. Government decided to take the middle ground and gradually move from Level 4 to Level 3,…
By Sam Wong , Adam Vaughan , Conrad Quilty-Harper and Layal Liverpool Greg Clark MP, chair of the UK House of Commons science and technology committeeParliamentary Copyright Latest coronavirus news as of 5 pm on 19 May UK government advised to ‘urgently’ build up contact tracing capacity The UK House of Commons science and technology…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.The White House is having discussions about “changing the look” of the marathon daily coronavirus briefings, including possibly paring back the length of the pressers and presenting the information in different ways, sources tell Fox News.Aides have also suggested staff find…
Kataza the baboon. Facebook / Baboon Matters The City of Cape Town has asked the public not to feed a baboon that has relocated to Tokai. The baboon, known as Kataza or SK11, is slowly being integrated into the Tokai troop. Video footage, however, shows humans feeding Kataza. The City of Cape Town has requested that Kataza…
As SA Rugby moves to determine which franchises will go to Europe in future, Rassie Erasmus has noted several potential benefits for the local game should that route be followed.The national director of rugby believes the high world rankings of Wales, Ireland and Scotland mean PRO Rugby is competitive and that fans will eventually identify…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…