COVID-19 Report 3: Promising new tests, but disappointing hydroxychloroquine results
This is the third issue of the COVID-19 report. We point you to the latest quality science on the pandemic.
COVID-19: George Hospital gears up for expected surge in cases
The national lockdown has bought South Africa some time to get health facilities ready for COVID-19. Tiyese Jeranji looks at measures underway to prepare George Hospital for the expected surge in cases.
COVID-19: Doctors concerned about severe testing delays
It often takes seven days or more to get COVID-19 test results in the public sector, doctors say.
COVID-19: Learn lessons from AIDS response, says head of UNAIDS
How to fight COVID-19? Look to HIV, says UNAIDS Executive Director Winnie Byanyima.
COVID-19: What should public transport look like?
The vast majority of people in South Africa depend on public transport, which poses a heightened risk for contracting COVID-19. Practical health measures and various fascinating innovations could not only mitigate this, but change how we travel long term.
COVID-19: The battle against stigma in the Eastern Cape
As the country intensifies its efforts to curb COVID-19 through mass screening and testing, stigma in some communities threatens to derail these efforts. Luvuyo Mehlwana reports on the situation in the Eastern Cape.
COVID-19: How the dead are treated in the Free State
John Hlangeni was the first person known to have died of COVID-19 in the Free State. Refilwe Mekoa spoke to his family and found out more about how the dead are treated in Mangaung.
COVID-19: Behind SA’s shortages of test materials
Like many other countries, South Africa is struggling to access adequate testing materials to scale up COVID-19 testing. Catherine Tomlinson investigates.
COVID-19 Report 2: Questions that don’t yet have answers
This is the second issue of the COVID-19 report published jointly by GroundUp and Spotlight. We point you to the latest quality science on the pandemic.
COVID-19: Prisons, overcrowding and preventing transmission
Over 163 000 people are in correctional facilities in South Africa. Outbreaks of COVID-19 in these prisons can have catastrophic consequences for both prisoners and the public healthcare system. Professor Lukas Muntingh unpacks the issues at stake.
COVID-19: Level 4, what’s different?
On 1 May South Africa will enter a new phase of lockdown – level 4. Spotlight explains the different levels of lockdown and answers some questions surrounding what is allowed under level 4.
COVID-19: The legal and public health sides of forced isolation
Two provinces have said they will force people with COVID-19 to isolate in state facilities irrespective of whether they can safely self-isolate at home. Kathryn Cleary investigates the legal and public health side of these decisions.
