South Africa launches COVID-19 vaccination programme with Johnson & Johnson shotsAuthorities in South Africa have recorded almost half of the COVID-19 deaths in all of Africa and over a third of confirmed infections on t...
17 Feb, 2021, 06.44 PM IST
South Africa scraps AstraZeneca vaccine, will give Johnson & Johnson jabsJ&J vaccines will be used to launch the first phase of South Africa's vaccination drive in which the country's 1.25 million health care wor...
10 Feb, 2021, 02.00 PM IST
South Africa puts on hold AstraZeneca vaccination rollout after concern over efficacyIn a nationwide broadcast on Sunday evening, Health Minister Mkhize said that the roll-out will be put on hold until a committee of scienti...
08 Feb, 2021, 04.17 PM IST
1 million COVID vaccine doses to arrive from India on Feb 1: South African health ministerThe vaccine will be first administered to health care workers and other priority sector staff in the first phase of the campaign, which aim...
28 Jan, 2021, 07.52 AM IST
68% of South African Indians willing to take COVID-19 vaccine: StudyLast week, South Africa's health regulatory body granted approval to the world's largest drug manufacturer Serum Institute of India (SII) t...
27 Jan, 2021, 02.51 PM IST
South Africa's regulatory body approves Serum Institute of India's coronavirus vaccineHealth Minister Zweli Mkhize announced on Friday that the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) has granted approval ...
23 Jan, 2021, 08.06 PM IST
India to send Covaxin, Covishield to other nations as goodwill gestureIndia has decided to export 8.1 lakh doses of Covaxin to Oman, Mongolia, Myanmar, Bahrain, Mauritius, the Philippines and the Maldives as a...
19 Jan, 2021, 07.53 AM IST
South Africa to get 1.5 million COVID-19 vaccines from IndiaThe vaccine, developed with the University of Oxford, is made from a virus which is a weakened version of a common cold virus (adenovirus),...
07 Jan, 2021, 11.28 PM IST
Urgent action expected in South Africa as hospitals run out of beds, oxygen amid COVID-19 spike"I can confidently say that the meeting (called by Ramaphosa) will be on Tuesday (to) consider further measures to ensure that we curb this...
28 Dec, 2020, 11.46 AM IST
The new coronavirus variant in South Africa: Are concerns justified?Several countries, including Britain which has found the mutant variant in cases linked to South Africa, have banned flights from South Afr...
25 Dec, 2020, 01.24 PM IST
Africa CDC: New virus variant appears to emerge in NigeriaThe discovery could add to new alarm in the pandemic after similar variants were announced in Britain and South Africa, leading to the swif...
24 Dec, 2020, 09.11 PM IST
Why Africa's coronavirus outbreak appears slower than anticipatedHealth experts warned of the devastation the deadly virus could cause in Africa, where most hospitals are desperately short of equipment an...
11 Apr, 2020, 09.14 PM IST
Coronavirus update: WHO says window to contain outbreak is narrowingThere’s no need for fear and panic in the markets, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the world body, said in Riyadh Sunday. W...
01 Mar, 2020, 04.40 PM IST
Durban: How South Africa's Durban holds a mirror to history, including IndianNo literary trail in Durban is complete without the vociferous, noisy, raucous cries of freedom.
02 Aug, 2015, 05.01 AM IST
- Tata Steel commissions first furnace at South Africa
Tata Steel has commissioned the first furnace at its ferrochrome plant at Richards Bay, about 150 km north of here.
10 Apr, 2008, 04.37 PM IST