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Professor Barry Schoub, most recently at the forefront of South Africa’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, was behind the establishment of the National Institute for Communicable...
As many as one in ten people who get COVID-19 in 2024 are likely to get “long COVID”, according to Professor Barry Schoub, the professor emeritus...
Four years ago, the world shifted. Beginning in March 2020, humanity suffered a worldwide pandemic which took close to seven million lives. The COVID-19 outbreak upended...
The COVID-19 pandemic and electricity crisis have pushed many creatives in our community – especially those who require an audience – to the limit, but for...
On 5 May, the director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, formally terminated the Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) for...
Three years ago, the world shut down in an effort to combat an unknown enemy: the newly emerging COVID-19 pandemic. Though this terrifying time has faded...
It’s recommended that certain people get yet another booster shot of the vaccine, and questions abound as to why – or if – this is necessary....
Just when we hoped COVID-19 was behind us, another new virulent variant has raised its head. This time, it’s the aggressively transmissible Kraken variant of Omicron,...
A new COVID-19 variant could cause worse illness than the current predominant Omicron strain, especially in immunosuppressed individuals, according to a new study done by Professor...
Experts report an increasing number of COVID-19 patients, but while infectious, the virus is presenting fairly mild and manageable symptoms. Though doctors expect infections to increase...
Though many of us have moved on from the COVID-19 pandemic, some families are still embroiled in its devastating effects. Cape Town mother Lauri Berman’s family...
COVID-19 uncertainty and resultant financial concerns are just two of the reasons for a slight decline in pregnancies over the past two years. Yet, as our...
Whether it be emotional or, in the case of children, developmental, the impact of mask-wearing has gone far beyond providing COVID-19 protection. And though many are...
My mask compliance is spotty at best. Sometimes it covers my mouth, sometimes it rests on my chin, and I invariably lower it when I’m unable...
Once again, our team of doctors find ourselves treating scores of patients with flu, or influenza A, to be more precise. The patients are acutely unwell,...
The fifth wave of COVID-19 has begun in Gauteng and the Western Cape, according to medical experts, with case numbers increasing substantially over the past two...
COVID-19 has many legacies, and given that 1 May is celebrated internationally as Workers Day, it’s worth pausing to consider what the COVID-19 plague has done...
As useful as numbers might be, they often disguise the real story. When we’re told that globally, more than 6.1 million people died from COVID-19, our...
With ever-changing COVID-19 travel regulations, family reunions have been repeatedly delayed. Now that most international borders have reopened, many are finally getting the chance to see...
With 2022 well underway, many expected to see the end of the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, we find ourselves rather bewildered by the information at hand. On...
Israeli Professor Manfred Green is optimistic that we are in the latter stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, although he admits we’re not getting rid of coronavirus...
Though the fourth wave of COVID-19 has been mild, those who deny they have the virus have caused a headache for doctors because invariably, they help...
As South Africans heave a sigh of relief at the improving COVID-19 situation, other nations are recording record infection levels, reporting new variants, and even worrying...
Less than a month ago, the word “omicron” was meaningful only to the Greek community. It’s the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet, leaving only nine...
COVID-19 cases have increased over the past three weeks in South Africa, especially in Gauteng, but the vast majority in hospital are unvaccinated, according to experts....
President Cyril Ramaphosa announced last Thursday, 30 September, that the country would be moving down to adjusted level 1 lockdown. A number of restrictions have now...
Expert in mass gathering medicine, Professor Efraim Kramer, told the SA Jewish Report this week that “Rage is nothing short of teenage Russian Roulette that may...
The overarching emotion that signified the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic was fear. I remember a palpable fear that permeated the community before the first case...
We’ve all heard that COVID-19 doesn’t generally affect young people. So when Capetonian Ryan Lipman tested positive in late July, he thought his age was in...
In the chaos before the hard lockdown in March 2020, people scrambled to get groceries, stock up on alcohol, or buy cigarettes. But some used those...
Doctors in the United States (US) are expressing their frustration as they battle to keep COVID-19 patients alive in Florida hospitals who chose not to be...
Now is the time when serious consideration is being given to what lies ahead for the end-of-year holiday season under the spectre of COVID-19. Will it...
As Cape Town braces for the peak of the third COVID-19 wave, three generations in one family all become infected with the virus. Giuliana Levetan of...
The third COVID-19 wave is ongoing, driven by the Delta variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. In spite of decreasing case numbers in Gauteng, the national test...
July will go down in history as one of the bleakest months ever experienced by the Johannesburg Jewish community, which recorded 113 deaths in one month....
Fighting misinformation and a pandemic is taxing. However, it doesn’t help for Reform UK leader Richard Tice to make misleading claims about COVID-19 vaccines and fertility....
In addition to the health pandemic we are, unsurprisingly, in the midst of a global mental-health pandemic. Instead of hiding behind whispers and closed doors, mental...
A pop-up vaccination site in Glenhazel carried out just more than 11% of the total 27 053 vaccinations administered across the country on 25 July, setting what...
Victor Nkomo is one of the backstage heroes who is helping community members get vaccinated against COVID-19. Over the past few months, Nkomo has become a...
The sudden closure of Gary Friedman Caterers, one of Johannesburg’s largest and much-loved kosher caterers, has left the community in shock and shone a spotlight on...
