start

Minister of Finance, Tito Mboweni, addresses the media during the 2020 National Budget Press Conference in Cape Town. (Photo by Gallo Images/Ziyaad Douglas) Gallo Images/Ziyaad Douglas Zero-based budgeting will be followed for future planning of the country's finances, said Finance Minister Tito Mboweni.The minister was delivering an address apart of the National Assembly debate on…

This story originally appeared on STAT, a health and medicine website that provides ambitious coverage of the coronavirus. Go here for more stories on the virus. Try STAT Plus for exclusive analysis of biotech, pharma, and the life sciences. And check out STAT’s COVID-19 tracker. How early did local transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus begin in the United States? For the second…

CLOSE Gov. John Carney discusses the latest on Delaware's coronavirus response Monday, May 11. Delaware News JournalEditor's note: A previous version of this article incorrectly stated the number of deaths confirmed on Tuesday. Health officials confirmed 12 coronavirus-related deaths Tuesday.After confirming 12 additional deaths related to the coronavirus, Delaware announced on Tuesday the start of…

Jacques Nienaber (Getty Images) There's a light at the end of the rugby tunnel ... but perhaps it is a rumbling, in many respects, All Black freight train that leaves the current world-champion Springbok locomotive trailing rather helplessly in its wake.SIGN UP | Click to receive Rob Houwing's weekly 'Rucking with Rob' newsletter!The revelation on Thursday…

By Michael Le Page Jason Alden/Bloomberg via Getty Images MUCH attention in the UK was last week focused on whether the country could meet its end-of April target of conducting 100,000 tests for coronavirus a day. While increasing testing capacity is important for countries that failed to contain the virus and now have massive outbreaks,…