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65.7% of Gauteng patients who died of Covid-19 were between the ages of 50 and 79, and the majority were male, according to statistics.Hypertension and diabetes were the leading comorbidities in Covid-19-related deaths.This came as the province recorded nearly 150 000 cases of Covid-19.Statistics released by the Gauteng government has revealed that people between the…

Healthcare workers at the triage tents at the Tshwane district hospital in Pretoria, Gauteng. PHOTO: Alex Mitchley, News24 More than 5 000 people are currently hospitalised in public and private facilities in Gauteng.There are now three sub-districts in the hotspot of Gauteng which has more than 10 000 recorded cases each.This as the province recorded…

By Michael Le Page A Viking burial ground in Öland, SwedenStuart Black / Alamy The DNA of ancient smallpox viruses has been found in the bones and teeth of a dozen or so people who lived in northern Europe during the Viking age. Unexpectedly, these smallpox strains are quite different to the strain that was eliminated…

A health worker about to process a Covid-19 test kit. A team of health workers has been dispatched to retest people whose samples were lost during a hijacking in Port Elizabeth.The 111 samples, collected by a courier truck from seven clinics, were lost during the armed robbery in Motherwell.The National Health Laboratory Services has condemned…

Since the first cases of COVID-19 were detected in Wuhan, China in December 2019, researchers have been attempting to figure out the impact children have when it comes to spreading the virus. Early on it was established that younger people are spared from serious infection compared to older, with very few children losing their lives…