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Covid taxi driver charged

A taxi driver arrested for continuing to drive passengers to Eastern Cape despite testing positive for Covid-19 has been charged with attempted murder and violating the Disaster Management Act.

2006 virus deaths in Africa

South Africa’s Covid-19 numbers on Thursday night: 7,808 cases, 153 deaths, 3,153 recoveries.

Black Britons more vulnerable to Covid-19

A British government report says that in Britain, black people are four times more likely to die of Covid-19 than whites.

Coronavirus could stay in air

Coronavirus seems to hang in the air in crowded spaces or rooms without ventilation.

Playing Chicken

An American police department is warning the public to watch out for an “aggressive chicken” that has “failed to engage in proper social distancing”.

Swallowing a rock

Poor @tito_mboweni, free but not free. “Not so long ago, I was a free man,” he tweeted on Tuesday.

Coronavirus 2

American scientists have found a new strain of the coronavirus – and it looks to be more contagious than the early versions.  As well as...

437 new cases

South Africa confirmed 437 new Covid-19 cases last night, making a total of 7,220. There have been 138 deaths and 2,746 patients have recovered. Worldwide...

Mystery child illness

A mystery illness affecting children with Covid-19 has appeared in Europe and the US.

Economic Fitness Front

The EFF has a new rallying cry. The party is calling for lockdown regulations to allow selling of gym equipment.

Counting Cory

South Africa had 6,783 Covid-19 cases by Sunday night, with 131 deaths and 2,549 recoveries.  245,747 have been tested—that’s over 10,000 a day in the...

Testing testing – with pawpaw

Tanzania has tested imported coronavirus test kits using pawpaw and goats – and alleged they could be giving false readings. President John Magufuli says he...
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