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South Africa to start continent’s first coronavirus vaccine pilot

June 26, 2020 Sector.Africa AdministratorAfrica, care, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Disease, Doctor, doctors, Eastern Cape, Economy, ER, Health, healthcare, hospital, Infection, Lockdown, MIT, news, Pandemic, Patient, Pilot, Quarantine, Respirator, South Africa, Test, Vaccine, Virus, who0 comment

South Africa plans to roll out the continent’s first coronavirus vaccine trial this week, according to the university leading the pilot, as the country grapples with the highest number of coronavirus cases in Africa. The vaccine candidate, developed by the Oxford Jenner Institute in the United Kingdom, is already being evaluated there, where 4,000 participants have signed up for the trial. In South Africa, the University of Witwatersrand (Wits) is collaborating with the University of Oxford and the Oxford Jenner Institute in the trial of the vaccine known as ChAdOx1 nCoV-19.…

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South Africa: Farm Attack Victim Speaks Out In Court

June 24, 2020 Sector.Africa AdministratorAfrica, Andela, boy, care, Eastern Cape, Farm, Girls, Health, healthcare, kid, Life, Parent, Prison, security, South Africa, Violence, World0 comment

Even after being tortured and raped in front of her own children by a Black, this White female still, regretfully, fails to completely break out of her mental programming/prison; and quotes multiracialist Communist Nelson Mandela in useless hope that it will enhance the behavior of Blacks made even more hate-crazed toward Whites than ever by anti-White propaganda. Racial separation is the only solution. MY great-grandfather, grandpa and dad were all farmers. I wed a farmer whose family have farmed their land for 3 generations. It is with deep unhappiness that…

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South Africa had its biggest daily jump in coronavirus cases

June 19, 2020 Sector.Africa AdministratorAfrica, Animal virology, Cape Town, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Death, Eastern Cape, ER, Gauteng, Health, hospital, Infection, Johannesburg, major, Metro, Pandemic, South Africa, Test, Virus, Viruses, Zoonoses0 comment

South Africa has hit a number of concerning landmarks in its tracking of the spread of the coronavirus – including the largest daily jump in cases seen to-date, and two further provinces hitting over 10,000 cases. According to the latest figures published by the health department and health minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize, as of 14 June 2020, the country has 70,038 confirmed cases of Covid-19. This reflects a daily jump of 4,302 new‬ cases from the 65,736 infections on Saturday when the country recorded 3,809 new cases. The minister announced…

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Air Namibia pilot shares flying experience during Covid-19

June 15, 2020June 15, 2020 Sector.Africa AdministratorAir Travel, Aircraft pilot, Airline, Airline transport pilot licence, Aviation, Aviation in the United States, Business, care, Coronavirus, Coronavirus outbreak, COVID-19, ear, Eastern Cape, Flight training, Human activities, Industries, Interest, Learning, Life, Pandemic, Pilot, Private pilot, Training, Transport, Virus, who, World0 comment

At a time where hundreds of pilots have been grounded due to the coronavirus outbreak globally, Air Namibia youthful pilot shares his experience of domestic flying during these unprecedented times of the pandemic. The virus spread so rapidly and countries had to close their borders worldwide, while flying became a thing of the past- both for passengers and crews. Although Covid-19 may have decimated air travel and forced many pilots into their restricted bubbles, Air Namibia’s 27-year-old Lorenzo Platt is grateful that he is still flying. “It’s a blessing to…