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Overall, we estimate that, while 83% to 88% of the population may become infected, most people are expected to have no or mild symptomsModels are tools that can help you think about the future. But they don't tell you the future in the sense that someone with a crystal ball might tell you the future.On…

It's been almost three months since Patient Zero was identified, but South Africans only got to see the data that government sees on Tuesday night, when Health Minister Zweli Mkhize hosted a briefing with the scientific modellers who build projections. And what they said was unnerving."We actually invited the media into a meeting of the…

All eyes will be on Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga on Tuesday from 18:00, as she is expected to provide clarity on the way forward for schools across South Africa.South African school governing bodies are calling on the Department of Basic Education to allow them to decide whether they can safely reopen schools during the Covid-19…

botched disciplining of Xoli Mngambi and Jane Dutton by eNCA, South Africa’s largest independent television broadcaster, could be dismissed as a comedy of HR errors.In brief: In line with a directive issued by eNCA management, requiring its anchors to open their shows opining on social and political issues, the two extemporised on-air commentary around Nkosasana…

A Malay pangolin climbing a Lychee tree. Credit: Jinping Chen Mammals known as scaly anteaters are natural hosts of coronaviruses, but are not likely the direct source of the recent outbreak in humans, according to a study published today (May 14, 2020) in the open-access journal PLOS Pathogens by Jinping Chen of the Guangdong Institute of…