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A general view of Santam Insurance Head Office on June 24, 2020 Photo: Gallo Images/Jacques Stander Santam has filed its answering affidavit for the business interruption insurance case that will be heard on 1 September.The insurer says clients' interpretation that Covid-19 is a notifiable disease as stipulated in their specific policies is misguided.It said it…

Six months ago, no one thought COVID-19 existed in the U.S.The first reported case came on Jan. 21. Within 99 days, 1 million Americans became infected.It took just 43 days after that to reach 2 million cases.And 28 days later, the U.S. reached 3 million cases of the novel coronavirus Wednesday. In 35 states, the…

Five healthcare workers in Gauteng have died of Covid-19.External and internal counselling services are being offered.Staff who have to self-isolate are provided with support.As pressure mounts on Gauteng hospitals to cope with the current surge in Covid-19 cases, hospitals in both the public and private sector are offering counselling and other psychosocial support to healthcare…

President Cyril Ramaphosa during a visit to assess Mpumalanga's Covid-19 response. President Cyril Ramaphosa says Covid-19 has accelerated the pace and nature of changes experienced in the working world. He told the International Labour Organisation during its global summit on the pandemic that while the outbreak has infected fewer people in Africa, its social and economic…

By Clare Wilson , Jessica Hamzelou , Adam Vaughan , Conrad Quilty-Harper and Layal Liverpool People eat and drink oudoors in Soho, London, as coronavirus lockdown restrictions are eased across England.Matt Crossick/Empics/PA UK could eliminate coronavirus with new strategy, say Independent SAGE scientists The UK government has “given up” on trying to eliminate the coronavirus,…