That Schoub, and by implication Mkhize, believes that the public is so intellectually delicate as to crumble when experts debate the wisdom of policies that affect every South African, is extraordinary.
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Friends, family and colleagues remember the life of Health-e News board member and health activist Celicia Serenata.
“How can I not believe in heaven when God created an angel on earth. The hardest part is learning to live without you,” Grazietta Serenata’s voice finally broke as she ended her speech for her beloved sister Celicia Serenata at her memorial on 22 April.
Celicia Serenata was one of
Health-e News’ board members and well-known figure in health reporting and an advocate for community journalism.
Born on 19 November 1969, Serenata succumbed to cancer on 15 April 2021, at the age of 51.
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South Africa s medical experts will be meeting to discuss the implications of the US s decision to pause the administering of the Johnson and Johnson (J&J) vaccine following reported cases of rare blood clots.
In a joint statement, the US Food and Drug Agency and the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention recommended pausing the J&J vaccine because of an abundance of caution .
Six patients developed a rare blood clot disorder after receiving the vaccine.
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Professor Glenda Gray, co-principal investigator for the local J&J trial, told News24 they are in discussions with South African Health Products Regulatory Authority, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize and the deputy director-general of health, Anban Pillay, on whether to halt the rollout.
Whatâs the risk level for family activities during the Easter holiday?
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Cape Town - The Easter weekend is traditionally recognised as a time for travel to family and faith-based gatherings.
But with the third wave looming, local health experts say restrictions on gatherings and tighter lockdown regulations are needed during this period to prevent a surge in Covid-19 infections.
Though large celebrations and gatherings will be restricted over the Easter period due to the coronavirus pandemic, there are still plenty of ways to make Easter special while following the protocols to slow the spread of Covid-19.
The following activities by the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) are grouped according to risk profile to help you minimise the risk of spreading the disease among friends and loved ones:
Professor Shabir Madhi, Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences at Witwatersrand University and principal researcher of the AstraZeneca vaccine in the country, is calling on South Africa to use the consignment on vaccines that were found last month on delivery to have an April expiry date to offset the slow inflow of the currently-used Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
He is backed by Professor Francois Venter, deputy executive director of the Wits Reproductive Health Institute and HIV/Aids research and treatment veteran, who asks, “Why are we sending away 1,5 million [AstraZeneca] vaccines, and on what basis – the bottom line is we could have vaccinated one million vulnerable people? All the rest is just nonsense. There are enough vulnerable people to have rolled this out urgently.”