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Report on Weekly Deaths in South Africa | 8 Jul 2020
Basic demographic information for all deaths registered by the Department of Home Affairs on the National Population Register are provided to the SAMRC. In the context of the emerging COVID-19 pandemic, it has become essential to track the weekly num...
Minister Blade Nzimande on funding awards to South Africa Coronavirus Covid-19 testing ability | 7 Jul 2020
Department of Science and Innovation ramp up funding awards to South Africa Covid-19 Testing Ability
The Department of Science and Innovation (DSI), the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) and the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA), a DSI...
South Africa recently announced the start of the country’s first COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial. The vaccine is also being tested in the UK and Brazil. Ina Skosana spoke to the vice-president for research at the South African Medical Research Counci...
The first Covid-19 vaccine trial in South Africa begins | 23 Jun 2020
The first participants in South Africa's first clinical trial for a vaccine against Covid-19 will be vaccinated this week.
The first clinical trial in South Africa and on the continent for a Covid-19 vaccine was announced today, 23 June 2020, at a v...