Press Releases 2021
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Cape Town | Scientists from the South African Medical Research Council’s (SAMRC) wastewater surveillance team have repor…
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Cape Town | Scientists from the South African Medical Research Council’s (SAMRC) wastewater surveillance team have repor…
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Cape Town | Scientists from the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) have detected the Omicron (B.1.1.529) var…
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Cape Town, South Africa's fight against the COVID-19 pandemic has been boosted with the latest approval by the Sout…
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Cape Town | On 6 December, the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) issued a press release about access to dat…
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Cape Town | The current media attention that the National Department of Health (NDoH) has blocked access to data from th…
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Cape Town | While South Africa and the rest of the world continue to make encouraging progress in their response to the…
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Cape Town | The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) has today confirmed rising concentrations of SARS-CoV-2 R…
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Cape Town | While mortality of older persons in South Africa increased due to COVID-19, mortality of the young, particul…
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Cape Town | Dr Mongezi Mdhluli, leader of the South African Medical Research Council’s (SAMRC) Wastewater Surveillance P…
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Cape Town | Despite a substantial increase in evidence showing the impact of rotavirus vaccine introduction, rotavirus r…
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Cape Town | Pretoria | Sisonke 2 Booster early access study: The SAMRC and National Department of Health, Desmond Tutu H…
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Pretoria | Sisonke early access study: Between 17 February and 17 May this year, the SAMRC worked with the National Depa…
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Pretoria: The National Department of Health (NDoH), National Department of Forestry, Fisheries and Environment (DFFE), t…
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Cape Town | Maintaining the momentum for rotavirus vaccination during the COVID-19 pandemic remains critical for the hea…
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Cape Town | With air pollution being one of the biggest environmental threats to human health, alongside climate change,…
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Cape Town | A study analysing whether an experimental HIV vaccine regimen was safe and able to prevent HIV infection in…
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Cape Town | As the country continues to commemorate Women’s Month, a recent study by the South African Medical Research…
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Geneva – The Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) and the World Health Organization (WHO), Afrigen Biologics (PTY) Limited, the B…
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Cape Town | As part of its many interventions to manage the COVID-19 pandemic, the South African Medical Research Counci…
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Cape Town | In its continued efforts to support the country in ramping up its COVID-19 vaccination drive, the South Afri…
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Cape Town | Scientists from the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) have detected the presence of the highly…
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Cape Town | 03 July 2021 | Researchers from the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) and University of Cape To…
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Cape Town | Nearly every aspect of health care has been affected since the emergence of COVID-19, including health resea…
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Cape Town | Given the intensity of the third wave and spread of the delta variant, the Sisonke investigators would like…
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We note with extreme concern the unwarranted accusations levelled against the South African Health Products Regulatory A…
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Cape Town | South Africa will play a leading role in the preclinical research phase of Africa’s first messenger RNA (mRN…
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Cape Town | A study funded by the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) has revealed that a novel all-oral supe…
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Cape Town | The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) has launched a new SARS-CoV-2 Wastewater Surveillance Das…
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Cape Town | South African Elite Athletes will be vaccinated through Sisonke ahead of International Sporting Events inclu…
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The Gauteng Department of Health has noted the overwhelming demand for vaccines at various vaccination sites by healthca…
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Cape Town | The Sisonke investigators would like to extend an invitation to all unvaccinated health workers to register…
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Cape Town | Professor Salim Abdool Karim, former President and CEO of the South African Medical Council (SAMRC) and now…
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Cape Town | The Sisonke investigators would like to update health workers and the public regarding the pause on vaccinat…
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Cape Town | The Sisonke investigators are working to implement the conditions requested by the South African Health Prod…
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Cape Town | Sisonke investigators are working with SAHPRA and haematology experts to review study procedures, the consen…
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Cape Town | Health innovation in South Africa requires not only the ability to fund product development but the coordina…
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Cape Town | We note with concern that the United States FDA and CDC have decided to pause rollout of their JnJ vaccine f…
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Cape Town | While South Africa and many parts of the world have gained valuable experience on COVID-19 mitigation and ma…
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Cape Town | Yesterday the Sisonke study reached 251 707 health workers marking its halfway point as it continues to move…
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Cape Town | There has been tremendous global efforts to find multiple vaccine candidates to protect against COVID-19 inf…
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Cape Town | The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) will soon implement the Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS…
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Cape Town | Hydroxychloroquine does not reduce deaths from COVID-19, and probably does not reduce the number of people n…
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Cape Town | While South Africa (SA) remains severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, it continues to suffer from four…
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Day One of the first phase of COVID-19 Vaccine Programme to health workers was a huge success today. South Africa secure…
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Cape Town | 28 January 2021 | The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) regularly publishes the Report on Weekl…
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Cape Town | When it comes to international collaborative research, the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) is…