Covid-19: Healthcare trains converted into mobile testing unitsThis comes as the province recorded 2 074 cases, 1 547 recoveries and 24 deaths as of Thursday. The City of Johannesburg remains the epicentre in Gauteng with 1 124 cases and 948 recoveries.AreasOf this, the E sub-district in Johannesburg – which consists of Alexandra, Wynberg, Sandton, Orange Grove…
A restaurant owner in Vermont and a professor from New Zealand are among the few to commemorate the most lethal pandemic since the bubonic plague.The 1918 flu memorial bench, center, in Hope Cemetery, in Barre, Vt.Credit...Caleb Kenna for The New York TimesMay 14, 2020Updated 8:17 a.m. ETAt Hope Cemetery in Barre, Vt., a five-ton granite…
Golfers wearing face masks are happy to be playing again at Metropolitan Golf Links in Oakland, Calif. on Tuesday, May 5, 2020.Paul Chinn | The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty ImagesThe World Health Organization warned world leaders Wednesday that there can be "no going back to business as usual" following the coronavirus pandemic, which has upended…
Technology | Analysis 17 April 2020 By Adam Vaughan How useful are apps for containing coronavirus outbreaks?Steve Taylor / SOPA Images/Sipa USA As countries search for ways to exit lockdown and avoid or manage a second wave of covid-19 cases, many have turned to the promise held by contact tracing apps. In a rare display…
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…