Health | Leader 1 July 2020 Photothek via Getty Images THROUGHOUT the pandemic, SARS-CoV-2 has proved full of surprises, most of them nasty. Initially regarded as a respiratory virus, we now know it infects other organ systems, and can linger for months. It disproportionally kills people from poor and ethnic minority backgrounds and also men,…
On Friday, 12 June, South Africa marked 100 days since we documented our first case of Covid-19. Since that fateful day, our lives have changed irrevocably.By Saturday, 1 423 people in South Africa had lost their lives. The country had recorded 65 736 infections with 36 850 people having recovered and 1 087 887 tests…
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - At least one victim of the coronavirus pandemic will not be mourned. A woman with a protective mask is seen, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Munich, Germany, April 20, 2020. REUTERS/Andreas GebertInfluenza, which each year kills hundreds of thousands of people worldwide, all but vanished in Europe…
Kataza the baboon. Facebook / Baboon Matters The City of Cape Town has asked the public not to feed a baboon that has relocated to Tokai. The baboon, known as Kataza or SK11, is slowly being integrated into the Tokai troop. Video footage, however, shows humans feeding Kataza. The City of Cape Town has requested that Kataza…
As SA Rugby moves to determine which franchises will go to Europe in future, Rassie Erasmus has noted several potential benefits for the local game should that route be followed.The national director of rugby believes the high world rankings of Wales, Ireland and Scotland mean PRO Rugby is competitive and that fans will eventually identify…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…