Coronavirus

Check your state's restrictions before going to the lake or beach. Kent German/CNET For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO website. With the summer and warm weather approaching, many people are ready to pack up their beach bags and hit the pool. Beaches and lakes across the country…

One reason why measles — a notoriously contagious disease — is so difficult to contain is because its infectious viral particles can linger in the air for up to two hours. Can the coronavirus do the same?It's a question health officials appear to be grappling with: On Thursday, the San Francisco Department of Public Health…

I need to take a trip that would be either a few hours flying or multiple days driving. Which is safer? As lockdown orders are relaxed to some capacity in countries around the world, travel is starting to see an uptick for the first time since mid-March. But when it comes to taking a longer…

Health Minster says the US' withdrawal from the World Health Organisation is "unfortunate".The organisation's SA director says South Africa's early lockdown is being watched with interest.Professor Salim Abdool Karim, chairperson of the Ministerial Advisory Committee, says the organisation has been invaluable to South Africa.US president Donald Trump's announcement of the US' withdrawal from the World…

Experts say strict personal hygiene, washing hands, wearing masks and social distancing will help prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, rather than disinfection tunnels.The Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport has tried out sanitation tunnels at minibus taxi ranks.The Department of Health has decided that the best strategy for the prevention of the spread…