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There was extra poignancy to Sunday's Blues v Hurricanes post-coronavirus match; they had kicked off pro rugby in 1996.In South Africa those 24 years ago, our Super 12 challenge was placed in the hands of the best four Currie Cup '95 sides.The Natal Sharks, in the era of Louis Luyt's belligerent SARFU presidency, got as…

Image copyright Getty Images A cheap and widely available drug can help save the lives of patients seriously ill with coronavirus.The low-dose steroid treatment dexamethasone is a major breakthrough in the fight against the deadly virus, UK experts say. The drug is part of the world's biggest trial testing existing treatments to see if they…

1of52Screen grab taken from video issued by Britain's Oxford University, showing a person being injected as part of the first human trials in the UK to test a potential coronavirus vaccine, untaken by Oxford University in England, Thursday April 23, 2020. Two volunteers have received the first vaccine trial against the COVID-19 Coronavirus on Thursday.…

In this Friday, June 12, 2020 file photo, a nurse uses a swab to perform a coronavirus test.AP Photo/Rick BowmerFor the first time since tracking began, the number of coronavirus cases in Alabama grew by more than 1,000 in a day.The Alabama Department of Public Health’s June 14 10 a.m. numbers show 25,235 cases in…

By Clare Wilson Godrevy Lighthouse in Cornwall. The England’s south west has the highest R number in EnglandAndrew Michael/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images The south west of England has the highest rate of coronavirus spread in the UK, with an “R number” estimated to be in the range of 0.8 to 1.1. Most…