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 | | Ebrahim Wajoodien is the pharmacist behind innovations at the Grassy Park Community Day Centre that have sped up the processes for dispensing medication to patients...read |
|  | KEYMANTHRI MOODLEY & ANITA KLEINSMIDT As the Covid-19 pandemic spreads around the world, there's been an outpouring of gratitude and support for healthcare professionals...read |
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| |  | ISSUED BY BIZCOMMUNITY.COM Terry Levin, creative director at Bizcommunity, shares her views of the current Covid-19 crisis and how the company is navigating these unusual times... Read |  | A new self-diagnostic application & predictive modelling dashboard, a digital tool to both help South Africans self-assess their Covid-19 symptoms, and aid government efforts to pinpoint virus hotspots, has been launched... Read |  | An investigation into the Covid-19 outbreak that led to the closure of Netcare St Augustine's Hospital in Durban found that, between 9 March and 30 April 2020, there were 119 confirmed cases identified at the hospital... Read |  | Studies are increasingly indicating that Covid-19 presents in widely diverse ways. For instance, people who develop serious complications do not necessarily present with the symptoms associated with the virus... Read |  | South African NGO Smile Foundation has donated 4,000 N95 masks and 300 imported masks with 'germ trap' technology to medical workers on South Africa's Covid-19 frontline... Read |  | SHEETAL SONI Researchers are racing against time to find ways to treat and prevent Covid-19. There is currently no treatment for the disease, and the World Health Organisation has created Solidarity, a global clinical trial which is testing four drugs as possible treatment... Read |  | ISSUED BY BONITAS As the number of Covid-19 infections moves over 21,000, both public and private healthcare is going to be under constant pressure... Read |
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 | JUSTINE INA DAVIES & MARIA ODLAND With ageing come many benefits, including freedom, wisdom, perspective, and - in many cultures - respect. Unfortunately, the downside is that ageing also brings medical ailments... Read |
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 | DR MAMPHELA RAMPHELE On this Africa Day 2020, we celebrate our resilience in the face of the disruptive Covid-19 pandemic... Read |
 | PIETER BENSCH Let's not allow the very real challenges of the virus overshadow the progress Africa has made... Read |
 | CLEMENT CHINAKA The World Economic Forum (WEF) reported this week that the pandemic has hit global trade and investment at an "unprecedented speed and scale" and revealed the fragility of the modern supply chain... Read |
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 | EVAN-LEE COURIE Mmusi Maimane, the chief activist of 'One South Africa' Movement (OSA), recently launched its digital platform to connect and engage with South Africans through these unprecedented times... Read |
 | Traditional models of business funding need a re-think if South Africa's small businesses and entrepreneurs are to emerge from the financially crippling "winter of coronavirus"... Read |
 | Inyathelo has provided tips not only for other NPOs, but also for other organisations considering hosting a webinar, while keeping costs down... Read |
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 | EVAN-LEE COURIE 6DOT50 is stepping in with a new way to pay for essential goods, as Covid-19 takes its toll on the South African economy... Read |
