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Health Dept finalising details for COVID-19 booster shot

Health Minister Joe Phaahla said that the ministerial advisory committee on COVID-19 vaccines would soon announce when more people could line up for their booster shots.

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NICD: No need to amend SA's COVID-19 response after subvariant detected

The NICD said more than 650 sublineages of Omicron have been identified, of which more than 200 have been detected in South Africa.

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Health Dept instructs provinces to increase COVID testing

Health Minister Joe Phaahla stressed that immunisation against the disease remained the best form of protection.

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Health Dept makes additional COVID-19 vaccine booster doses available

The department's spokesperson, Foster Mohale, said that the department has noted that the virus was still a threat to the lives of vulnerable people.

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Ramaphosa: Energy crisis has caused misery for SA households & businesses

Writing in his latest newsletter, President Cyril Ramaphosa has reflected on what he calls a 'tumultuous' and tough year for South Africans.

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Phaahla urges South Africans to get COVID vaccine booster

Health Minister Joe Phaahla said that while the number of COVID-19 cases remained low, the country still continued to record deaths linked to the virus on a weekly basis.

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Rise in COVID strain found in WC wastewater; those at risk advised to mask up

The SAMRC says there's been a sharp increase in the concentrations of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater in Cape Town, and the Western Cape.

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WC Health Dept trying any and all means to get people vaccinated against COVID

The department's chief of operations, Dr Saadiq Kariem, says people are no longer showing up at vaccination sites for primary jabs or booster shots.

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Sahpra confirms second death linked to COVID-19 vaccine

In August, the country recorded its first fatality linked to taking the jab.

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Sahpra: All reports of severe side-effects of COVID jabs thoroughly assessed

The regulator on Thursday announced that a patient had died after developing Guillain-Barré Syndrome post vaccination with the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.

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