India-Brazil-S Africa to host next summit on Bali G20 sidelinesThe 10th India-Brazil-South Africa Dialogue Forum (IBSA) Trilateral Ministerial Commission (ITMC) meeting took place on 21 September in New...
EAM Jaishankar shares concern about security, welfare of Indian community in UK during meeting with British counterpartEAM Jaishankar said his conversation also covered global issues, including Indo-Pacific, Ukraine and UNSC matters.
Masks no longer compulsory as S Africa removes all Covid-19 restrictionsProof of vaccination at all ports of entry will also no longer be required.
Omicron sublineages likely evade vaccines, natural immunitySouth Africa is seen as a key harbinger of how the omicron variant and its sublineages are likely to play out in the rest of the world. Sou...
Omicron sublineages likely evade vaccines, natural immunitySouth Africa is seen as a key harbinger of how the omicron variant and its sublineages are likely to play out in the rest of the world. Sou...
South Africa says it may be entering fifth COVID waveThe country that has recorded the most coronavirus cases and deaths on the African continent only exited a fourth wave around January and h...
South Africa says vaccines, prior infection help mildness of COVID-19 casesThere have been early anecdotal accounts suggesting that Omicron is causing less severe illness than previous variants in South Africa but ...
Two weeks into the Omicron outbreak: Where to from here?Initial lab studies indicate omicron is much more transmissible than even delta, the strain that spread rapidly across the globe, filling h...
Omicron-stricken South Africa may be glimpse into the futureWithin days, the world was ablaze with the news that the coronavirus had a new variant of concern - one that appears to be driving a dramat...
South African expert says vaccines likely effective vs severe COVID-19 from variantProfessor Salim Abdool Karim added at a news conference that it was too early to say whether Omicron led to more severe clinical symptoms t...
Omicron: The new Covid variant has about 30 mutations, recovered people can catch it againThe WHO on Friday designated 'omicron' as a 'variant of concern'.
South Africa identifies new virus variant displaying a ‘big jump in evolution’In the past two days, scientists detected the B1.1.529 variant after observing an increase in infections in South Africa’s economic hub sur...
Explainer: What is this new COVID variant in South Africa?It's unclear from where the new variant actually arose, but it was first detected by scientists in South Africa and has also been seen in t...
New Covid variant in South Africa affecting those under 25The new Covid-19 variant, B.1.1.529, detected in South Africa is mainly affecting people in the under 25 age group, among whom the vaccinat...
New coronavirus variant a ‘serious concern’ in South AfricaThe new discovery, called B.1.1529 until a Greek letter is assigned, carries an unusually large number of mutations and is “clearly very di...
Covid deaths top 1.5 million across EuropeEurope on Thursday reached the grim milestone of 1.5 million coronavirus deaths as nations scramble to tackle a worsening crisis with winte...
Russia sets another Covid record as world battles Delta variantRussia has so far ruled out a new lockdown to fight surging Delta infections, even as it reported 697 deaths on Saturday -- setting a new r...