Saturday

Professor Shabir Madhi. South Africa's Covid-19 vaccine trial lead researcher, Professor Shabir Madhi, believes South Africans should only expect a return to normal by 2022, he can make a bigger impact outside of the Ministerial Advisory Committee, and the health department has fared "reasonably well" dealing with the pandemic.Professor Shabir Madhi, the man leading the University of Oxford's Covid-19 vaccine…

The Houston region set a record Saturday for the number of COVID-19 patients needing intensive care, hospital records show, though the total number of admitted patients declined for the third straight day. In the 25-county region anchored by Harris County, 1,136 COVID patients were in ICU beds, according to the Southeast Texas Regional Advisory Council…

Dr Nic Spaull, the man who led the report President Cyril Ramaphosa referred to a day after it was released, believes that 10 years from now, South Africans might be grateful for Covid-19 - and that a "regular 2020" would not have benefited the country. Doctor in Economics Nic Spaull sees Covid-19 as South Africa's Damascus…

In the week that Gauteng became the new hotspot of the coronavirus, Health MEC Bandile Masuku said he sometimes grows overwhelmed by the crisis, wants stricter lockdown regulations in the province, and that people should expect more death in the weeks ahead. "Do you ever feel overwhelmed? Do you ever feel like there is no way…

The South African Weather Service forecasts another day of heavy rain, biting cold and some light snowfall. In other words: The perfect stay-in weather for Saturday.Warnings:- Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the eastern parts of both Limpopo and Mpumalanga as well as the north-western parts of KwaZulu-Natal.- Gale force west-south-westerly winds (65-80km/h) are…