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South Africa, nakakaranas ulit ng COVID surge

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 06 07:34 PM

Ayon sa WHO, mga bagong subvariant ng omicron ang dahilan ng paglobo ulit ng COVID-19 cases sa South Africa. Read more »

S.Africa daily COVID cases soar 50pct in one day

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 06 11:02 AM

South Africa's new COVID-19 cases shot up by more than 50 percent Thursday from the previous day, official data showed amid a surge of infections driven by two new omicron sub-variants. Read more »

South Africa's COVID death toll tops 100,000

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 31 07:20 AM

South Africa has registered a total of more than 100,000 COVID deaths, according to official figures released Wednesday. Read more »

NFT of Mandela's arrest warrant auctioned for $130,000

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Mar 27 11:17 PM

The buyer was a foreigner, based in the United Arab Emirates. Read more »

WATCH: Catriona's safari experience in South Africa

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 09 12:07 PM

"I feel like the pandemic, being stuck at home for the majority of time... There's something in my soul that longs to be out in the wilderness." Read more »

Women live in fear and despair in South African hostel

Claire Doyen, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 19 05:31 PM

In one of South Africa's roughest townships, an overcrowded and dilapidated housing complex has maintained one rule for decades: No men allowed. Read more »

Gin na gawa sa dumi ng elepante

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 18 07:14 PM

Iinom ka ba ng gin na gawa sa dumi ng mga elepante? Read more »

Tiger breeding, exports flourish in South Africa

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 01 06:23 PM

South Africa's legal lion breeding has spawned a tiger farming industry for commercial exports, potentially posing a threat to the species already in decline, an animal welfare group warned Tuesday. Read more »

African lions, pumas contracted COVID from zoo workers: study

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 19 08:51 AM

Big cats caged in zoos are at risk from catching Covid-19 from their keepers, a study said Tuesday. Read more »

Omicron has higher 'asymptomatic carriage' - studies

Reuters
Posted at Jan 11 06:40 PM

Preliminary findings from two South African clinical trials suggest omicron has a much higher rate of 'symptomatic carriage' than earlier variants. Read more »

Nangyari sa S. Africa dahil sa omicron, nararanasan sa PH: eksperto

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 04 08:26 PM

Ang nararanasan ng bansa ngayon ay kahalintulad umano ng naranasan ng South Africa nang kumalat ang omicron variant doon. Read more »

South Africa bids farewell to Tutu

Kate Bartlett and Marco Longari, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 01 06:28 PM

South Africa bade farewell on Saturday to Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the last great hero of the struggle against apartheid, in a funeral stripped of pomp but freighted with tears and showered with drizzles of rain. Read more »

J&J Covid booster highly effective against severe omicron: study

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 31 01:23 PM

When a booster shot was given six to nine months after the first dose, vaccine efficacy against hospitalization increased over time, from 63 percent at 0-13 days to 85 percent one to two months post-boost. Read more »

J&J booster 84% effective vs hospitalization - study

Reuters
Posted at Dec 30 04:10 PM

A booster dose of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine was 84 percent effective at preventing hospitalization in South African health-care workers. Read more »

'People infected with omicron gets more immunity than with delta'

Simone McCarthy, South China Morning Post
Posted at Dec 29 01:38 PM

New findings from South Africa suggest that the omicron coronavirus variant could muscle out its highly transmissible predecessor delta for good, according to researchers studying how the body’s immune system responds to the two variants. Read more »

Omicron enhances neutralizing immunity vs Delta - study

Reuters
Posted at Dec 28 05:08 PM

The analysis enrolled 33 vaccinated and unvaccinated people who were infected with the Omicron variant in South Africa. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: December 27, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 27 11:44 PM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

South Africa pays tribute to Archbishop Desmond Tutu

Rodger Bosch, AFP
Posted at Dec 27 10:43 AM

A faint purple glow lights up Table Mountain in honor of the memory of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Laureate, in Cape Town. Read more »

'Prisoner of hope': Tributes pour in for Tutu

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 26 08:38 PM

South Africa's anti-apartheid icon Archbishop Desmond Tutu died Sunday aged 90, sparking tributes from around the world. Read more »

South Africa's Archbishop Desmond Tutu dies aged 90

Nqobile Dludla and James Macharia Chege, Reuters
Updated as of Dec 26 11:30 PM

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and veteran of South Africa's struggle against white minority rule, died on Sunday at the age of 90. Read more »