By Michael Le Page , Clare Wilson , Jessica Hamzelou , Adam Vaughan , Conrad Quilty-Harper and Layal Liverpool The new NHS Covid-19 app for England and WalesDan Kitwood/Getty Images Latest coronavirus news as of 5 pm on 24 September NHS Covid-19 app goes live in England and Wales but testing and tracing still limited…
Press release from the Humboldt County Joint Information Center: One new case of COVID-19 was reported today, bringing to 490 the total number of county residents who have tested positive for the virus. On Tuesday, the Health Care System Capacity alert level, one of three categories that indicate the county’s capacity to respond to and manage…
By Michael Le Page , Clare Wilson , Jessica Hamzelou , Adam Vaughan , Conrad Quilty-Harper and Layal Liverpool Doctor administers a vaccineUdom Pinyo/Getty Images Latest coronavirus news as of 5 pm on 23 September Volunteers will be deliberately infected with the coronavirus in first challenge trials Healthy volunteers will be deliberately infected with the…
Danny Lawson/PA Images via Getty Images The Department of Health has reported 1 346 new Covid-19 cases.This brings the cumulative number of cases to 663 282.South Africa has recorded a recovery rate of 89.4%.The Department of Health has recorded 1 346 new Covid-19 cases as of Tuesday, bringing the cumulative number of detected ones to…
Reuters notes, with at least 200,000 Americans dead from the new coronavirus and an average of nearly 1,000 more dying each day. As "the country blew past estimate after estimate" of COVID-19 deaths, Politico's pandemic newsletter said Monday night, "the term 'grim milestone' in headlines became so routine that we banned it."COVID-19 deaths are rising…
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…