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It's not an understatement to say that the entire nation's hopes are focused on what's happening in a Maryland laboratory – step one in manufacturing a potential coronavirus vaccine.Sean Kirk, executive vice president of Emergent BioSolutions, explained to correspondent Martha Teichner how a bioreactor is used to create the ingredients needed in the development and…

A meeting between taxi representatives and Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula over loading capacity and inter-provincial travel restrictions has been postponed.  This is so that the National Coronavirus Command Council can discuss their proposals and make a decision.Taxi operators are not happy about it dragging on for so long and are holding an urgent meeting to decide…

Major medical centers nationwide trying to understand why some COVID-19 patients continue to have symptoms weeks and even months after having been diagnosed with the coronavirus.Amy Watson, 47, is one of those patients. She's had a fever, she said, for more than 100 days.Amy Watson.Marc Leonard"It's been maddening," said Watson, a preschool teacher in Portland,…

Research shows consumers are more inclined to pay for news online.The Covid-19 pandemic has further boosted this trend as audience searched for credible sources of information about the virus.The New York Times gained 587 000 new digital subscriptions during the first quarter of the year to the end of March alone.Earlier this year, on 20…

The situation at some Nelson Mandela Bay hospitals has not eased up, with staff still struggling amid a staff shortage and go-slows.News24 visited Livingstone Hospital, where dirt was strewn on the floor and packed in boxes in hallways.At Uitenhage Hospital, one nurse said residents have volunteered to help clean.The dept says the staffing issues are…