Global Statistics

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695,781,740
Confirmed
Updated on September 26, 2023 9:04 pm
All countries
627,110,498
Recovered
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6,919,573
Deaths
Updated on September 26, 2023 9:04 pm

Global Statistics

All countries
695,781,740
Confirmed
Updated on September 26, 2023 9:04 pm
All countries
627,110,498
Recovered
Updated on September 26, 2023 9:04 pm
All countries
6,919,573
Deaths
Updated on September 26, 2023 9:04 pm
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The Pandemic Claims New Victims: Prestigious Medical Journals

June 14, 2020One study promised that popular blood-pressure drugs were safe for people infected with the coronavirus. Another paper warned that anti-malaria drugs endorsed by President Trump actually were dangerous to these patients.The studies, published in the New England Journal of Medicine and The Lancet, were retracted shortly after publication, following an outcry from researchers…

Claims that some diets can protect you from coronavirus are unfounded

Plenty of diets offer to boost your immune system to help protect you from covid-19, but there isn't any evidence they are true, says James Wong Health | Comment 10 June 2020 By James Wong Triocean/Getty Images IN THE space of less than a week, I read three front-page stories about “revolutionary” science-based diets that…

England prop claims players and coach Eddie Jones were racially abused on 2018 SA tour | Sport

England prop Ellis Genge prior to the Six Nations match against Wales at Twickenham on 7 March 2020 in London, England. (Photo by Visionhaus/Getty Images) England prop Ellis Genge claims players and head coach Eddie Jones were racially abused during a three-Test tour to South Africa in 2018.Matches were played at Ellis Park, Free State…

Family claims they beat girls ‘as a form of exorcism’, mom and pastor arrested

Lesufi condemns murder of girl, 4, allegedly at the hands of her fatherThe third person who was arrested is believed to be related to the family.Police spokesperson Colonel Thembeka Mbele said police received an anonymous call on 24 March from someone who informed them that "something sinister was unfolding" at a house in Ezinambeni.Officers found…

Coronavirus leak claims ‘pure fabrication’, Wuhan lab chief says

The Wuhan Institute of Virology in the central Chinese city of Wuhan has been at the centre of claims about a virus leak. Photo: EPA-EFE The Chinese institute did not encounter the pandemic pathogen until December 30 when it was sent a clinical sample, director says It also ‘did not have a live sample’ of…

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City of Cape Town urges people to leave Kataza the baboon alone

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…

Rassie: There are various benefits for SA rugby to go north

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…

A Once-in-a-Century Climate ‘Anomaly’ Might Have Made World War I Even Deadlier

(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…