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South Africa detects new coronavirus variant

Alexander Winning, Reuters
Posted at Aug 31 01:31 AM

South African scientists have detected a new coronavirus variant with multiple mutations. Read more »

South Korea to compensate nurse paralyzed after COVID-19 shot

Sangmi Cha, Reuters
Posted at Aug 06 07:05 PM

The nursing assistant received AstraZeneca's shot and later suffered from double vision and paralysis and was diagnosed with acute encephalomyelitis. Read more »

Miss South Africa has first transgender contestant

Nqobile Dludla and Sisipho Skweyiya, Reuters
Posted at Aug 04 12:14 PM

The first transgender contestant in South Africa hopes she will inspire greater acceptance of the LGBTQI community. Read more »

‘Couldn’t leave her behind’: Mom throws baby to safety from burning building

Reuters
Updated as of Jul 15 08:31 AM

A girl, 2, survived unharmed after her mother threw her to safety as they escaped a burning high-rise building in the South African city of Durban during protests. Read more »

South African crowds rampage, hospital operations disrupted

Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo and Tanisha Heiberg, Reuters
Posted at Jul 14 06:56 PM

JOHANNESBURG - Crowds looted shops and offices in South Africa on Wednesday, defying government calls to end a week of violence that has killed more than 70 people and wrecked hundreds of businesses. Read more »

South African looters raid supermarkets, warehouses as riots escalate

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 13 09:32 PM

DURBAN - Looters ransacked warehouses and supermarkets in the South African port city of Durban on Tuesday despite the efforts of heavily outnumbered police.   Read more »

South enforces toughest curbs vs coronavirus in Seoul

Hyonhee Shin, Reuters
Posted at Jul 12 06:46 PM

SEOUL - South Korea recorded 1,100 new coronavirus cases for July 11, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said on Monday, as the country's toughest anti-COVID curbs take effect in Seoul in an attempt to quell its worst-ever outbreak. Read more »

Surgeons to reconstruct face of boy, 9, after Zimbabwe hyena attack

Maryke Vermaak, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 21 12:14 PM

Plastic surgeons in South Africa are preparing to reconstruct the face of a nine-year-old Zimbabwean boy mauled by a hyena in an attack last month. Read more »

Athletics: Semenya fails again in 5,000m Olympic qualifying bid

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 20 10:48 AM

South African athlete Caster Semenya missed out again on Saturday in Regensburg, Germany to qualify for the 5,000 metres at the Tokyo Olympics. Read more »

'I am alive again': Vaccinated South Korean grannies enjoy a splash

Hyun Young Yi and Sangmi Cha, Reuters
Posted at Jun 17 06:23 PM

SEOUL - Senior residents of a district in South Korean capital Seoul on Thursday enjoyed "aqua aerobics" - arm lifts and jogging in the water - as the local district government reopened public pools following the country's ramped-up vaccination drive. Read more »

More than 5 million COVID-19 cases in Africa, Agence tally shows

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 12 11:13 PM

Africa is now the only region where the COVID-19 pandemic is still on the rise, with a weekly increase of 30 percent, and it is at risk of a third wave of the disease.   Read more »

South Africa extends nightly curfew as COVID cases surge

Reuters
Posted at May 31 06:38 AM

JOHANNESBURG - South Africa has extended its nightly curfew and limited the number of people at gatherings to slow the spread of COVID-19 as positive cases surge, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Sunday. Read more »

Community transmission of variants in NCR Plus? No official word yet from WHO, says DOH

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 28 04:42 PM

The Department of Health said Friday it was yet to receive an official statement from the World Health Organization regarding the community transmission of COVID-19 variants in the country. Read more »

Miss South Africa pageant opens to transgender entrants

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 27 05:00 AM

The historic move was widely and excitedly embraced on social media. "We all deserve favor and grace," a young male user tweeted. Read more »

‘I’m still trying to understand’: Miss South Africa in tears as non-placement breaks country’s 3-year streak

Miguel Dumaual, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 22 02:34 AM

A tearful Miss South Africa opened up on Friday about her heartbreak of not placing in Miss Universe early this week, snapping the three-year streak of her home country which has been an emerging as a pageant powerhouse. Read more »

S. Africa picks up first cases of coronavirus variant from India

Reuters
Posted at May 09 09:28 AM

South Africa's health ministry said on Saturday it had detected the first four cases of a new coronavirus variant that emerged in India and was responsible for a surge of infections and deaths in the Asian country.   Read more »

DOH nilinaw na 5 traveler lang mula India ang positibo sa COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 06 07:19 PM

Nilinaw ng Department of Health ang bilang ng mga traveler mula India na nagpositibo sa COVID-19. Read more »

Nearly half of COVID-19 samples from Metro Manila linked to foreign variants: expert

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 06 12:56 PM

Nearly half of sequenced COVID-19 samples from Metro Manila are foreign variants of the virus, a member of the Philippines' vaccine expert panel said Thursday.   Read more »

Malawi president fires minister over COVID-19 funds

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Apr 19 08:46 AM

LILONGWE, Malawi - Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera on Sunday fired Labor Minister Ken Kandodo for diverting $800 worth of Covid-19 funds to pay for a government trip, part of a wider embezzlement scandal. Read more »

Philippines, Brazil, Mexico among those due to get Pfizer shots from COVAX in Q2

Reuters
Posted at Apr 12 10:41 PM

GENEVA - Some 14.1 million doses of the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine have been allocated to 47 countries and economies for delivery in the second quarter of this year, the Gavi Vaccine Alliance said on Monday. Read more »