People walk on Stranvagen in Stockholm on September 19, 2020.JONATHAN NACKSTRAND | AFP | Getty ImagesSweden's chief epidemiologist has partly blamed the country's high coronavirus death toll on mild flu outbreaks in recent winters."When many people die of the flu in the winter, fewer die in heat waves the following summer. In this case, it…
By Michael Le Page Streets in Old Town Stockholm are nearly empty in April due to the coronavirus pandemic.IBL/Shutterstock Sweden was one of the few European countries not to impose a compulsory lockdown. Its unusual strategy for tacking the coronavirus outbreak has both been hailed as a success, and condemned as a failure. So which…
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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…