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South Africa’s plan for Covid-19 vaccination is to give the first shots to 1.2 million healthcare workers, president Cyril Ramaphosa has sai...
Fact-checking South Africa’s health minister on the country’s ‘relationship with alcohol’
South African drinkers don’t consume more per person on average than anywhere else in Africa.
No, WHO hasn’t ‘unequivocally’ said South Africa is not ready to lift Covid-19 lockdown
Member of parliament in South Africa's second-largest opposition party, tweeted that South Africa is not ready to ease covid-19 lockdown.
Alcohol burdens hospitals, but no evidence for South African police minister’s 'baffling' numbers
Police minister Bheki Cele claimed that alcohol should remain banned as it impacts the availability of hospital beds, we checked his claim.
Depo-Provera contraceptive injection doesn’t increase HIV risk by 40% – but more studies needed
Depo-Provera contraceptive injection has been debated in the medical community whether it increases women’s risk of HIV infection
More than an inconvenience: Alcohol ban could help South Africans fight Covid-19 infection
Several studies have found that drinking alcohol damages both the immune system and the respiratory system's infection defense.