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A medical student's body has finally been repatriated from Cuba. Rehman Asad/NurPhoto via Getty Images The repatriation of the body of medical student Sbusisi Qongqo was hampered by national lockdown regulations.His body has arrived following intervention from the national government.His family announced that he would be buried on Youth Day.Medical student Sibusiso Qongqo who died in…

A medical journal has retracted an influential study which claimed the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine may increase heart problems in Covid-19 patients. The article, published in the Lancet last month, prompted the World Health Organization to stop trials of the drug. But as Shamim Chowdhury reports, scientists say there's still little evidence that it's beneficial in…

Sibusiso Qongqo was due to return home for good in July to undergo in-service training at a local hospital after completing his medical studies in Cuba.The Department of International Relations and Cooperation and Eastern Cape health department said the repatriation mission was being delayed by a lack of flights due to Covid-19.His 60-year-old mother Nolubabalo…

are far superior to surgical or cloth masks in protecting essential medical workers against the coronavirus.The results, published on Monday in The Lancet, make it clear that the W.H.O. and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention should recommend that essential workers like nurses and emergency responders wear N95 masks, not just surgical masks, experts…

SA beyond Covid-19: How it will shape the future, according to scientists, economists and political mindsShe said one of his many success stories was turning the Government Employees Medical Scheme's (GEMS) reserves around from being in "tatters".But mostly, said Khoza, he believed in, and nurtured, young talent."He was respectful and he wanted us to be…