Prof Wendy Stevens believes ‘completely in the honesty of science’ and this, she says, has landed her in the naughty corner many times throughout her career. Spotlight spoke to Stevens a global leader in HIV and TB laboratory medicine about her career, what to choose when science and politi.
The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority is waiting for a response from pharmaceutical company Pfizer before considering an application for an Omicron-specific booster vaccine.
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Sequencing teams analysing data from positive Covid-19 tests in South Africa have found an increase in the presence of two subvariants of Omicron BA.4 and BA.5. This comes as South Africa’s positivity rate jumped from 16% to 19% overnight on Monday.