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As the pandemic moves into its deadliest wave yet and economic relief from the federal government remains up in the air, millions are struggling to stock their pantries and feed their families. Here's how you can help.
The president also stressed the importance of keeping the economy open after months of stifling movement restrictions.
He urged citizens not to drop their guard and continue adhering to the health rules, such as wearing face masks and respecting curfew times.
South Africa has recorded just over 800,000 coronavirus infections - more than a third of the cases reported across the African continent - and over 20,000 deaths.
AFP
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A new survey seeking feedback from Richmond, Virginia, residents about plans to build a casino there follows criticism from African American business leaders that they and Black residents haven't been considered for the economic opportunities.
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Crystal Mason, a Black woman jailed for casting a provisional ballot in the 2016 presidential election while on supervised release for a federal conviction, is asking for her conviction to be overturned.
Pew Research Center found 83% of Asian Americans said they would get a vaccine compared to 42% of Blacks. White and Latinx respondents were about even with 63% and 61% respectively saying they would.
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The emergence of new outbreaks in several parts of South Africa has raised fears of a resurgence of the coronavirus, which could be encouraged by the expected gatherings during the festive season.
Authorities in the African country officially most affected by Covid-19 have been struggling to control the number of outbreaks since an increase was reported in November in the neighboring Eastern and Western (Southern) Cape provinces.
Nationally, the daily number of new cases has surpassed 3,000, a 50% jump from an average of 2,000 earlier in November.
More than half of this increase came from infections in the Eastern Cape and about 25% from the Western Cape Province.
\"The small outbreaks we are seeing right now (...) are temporary. Something must be done,\" Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said last week.
The rate of coronavirus transmission in South Africa had dropped sharply after peaking in July, with fewer than three cases detected daily per 100,000 people between late August and early November.
But the lull was short-lived, and authorities are now trying to combat a possible resurgence of the epidemic.
\"We are not in the second wave but in these two provinces (...) we are in full resurgence,\" commented the government adviser in charge of the fight against the coronavirus, Salim Abdool Karim.
If these new epidemic outbreaks are not contained, it is \"only a matter of time\" for the whole country to be affected, he warned.
In the Eastern Cape's largest city, Port Elizabeth, hospitals are already struggling with the rebound of the epidemic, although local authorities say the situation is under control.
'Chronic shortages'
Still reeling from the shock of the first wave, the health services requested assistance from the NGO Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in three public facilities.
\"The hospitals are really overwhelmed with a large number of patients, some even say more than in July,\" said an MSF official for the province, Dr. Colin Pfaff.
\"The facilities are understaffed,\" he added, criticizing \"chronic shortages\" and citing contamination among medical staff.
Private facilities are also affected.
\"Our hospitals in the Eastern Cape are incredibly full at the moment,\" Richard Friedland, head of South Africa's largest private medical network, Netcare, told AFP last week.
\"We still have the capacity to treat new cases\" with the installation of additional beds, he assured nevertheless.
While the provincial government assures that hospitals are neither \"full\" nor \"overwhelmed\", the South African Physicians Association accused the Department of Health this week of not providing adequate support to \"overwhelmed\" staff.
South Africa has recorded 792,000 cases, including more than 21,600 deaths, for a population of nearly 58 million people.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has ruled out a new lockdown at this stage.
The stringent infections which came into effect at the end of March have seriously affected the economy of the most industrialized country on the continent, causing 2.2 million people to lo
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SA Rugby CEO Jurie Roux says "several unions" will have to close their doors if spectators aren't allowed to return to stadiums soon.
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Nine months into the COVID-19 pandemic, three vaccine trials have yielded promising results, and the first round of Americans could begin to receive shots as early as mid-December.
Last week, the California Department of Public Health announced that California Surgeon General Dr. Nadine Burke-Harris will chair the state’s Community Vaccine Advisory Committee. The group Burke-Harris leads will help guide the state’s decision making about vaccine distribution.
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The Garden Route has seen a spike in COVID-19 cases and according to the health department, hospitals in the area are taking serious strain.
Coronavirus Has Taken Over
Since its onset, the Covid-19 pandemic has become the leading global health concern of many nations.
The fight against pathologies such as HIV-AIDS has been relegated to the background. Biological monitoring of patients is becoming increasingly difficult, as is also access to medicines.
According to NGOs, the situation could endanger the lives of 500,000 patients — and potentially even more challenging in Africa where 67% of AIDS patients reside.
HIV is Still Out There
The organisations are therefore calling on the authorities not to let their guard down. Especially not at a time when AIDS is regressing considerably on the continent. 81% of people living with HIV are aware of their HIV status. Among these people, 70% of adults and 53% of children are on antiretroviral treatment for the rest of their lives — as per information communicated by the African regional director of the World Health Organisation, Matshidiso Rebecca Natalie Moeti.
The director presents 2020 as a pivotal year towards the end of the AIDS epidemic. As such, coronavirus must not continue to overshadow the fight against HIV, which was discovered 40 years ago.
Bevels's new 30-second short film narrated by New York Times best-selling author and NAACP Image Award Winner, Jason Reynolds, Black fathers, husbands, partners, entrepreneurs, and everyday workers are appreciated for their beauty, strength, and resilience.
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Comedian Leslie Jones amped up her spicy commentary on Twitter Wednesday night when she gave a play-by-play on Donald Trump's baseless claims around election fraud.
Despite having indicated its intention to join global health initiative Covax, SA has yet to outline how the vaccine will be distributed.
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The ANC in the Western Cape have accused provincial government of defying efforts to stem the spread of COVID-19, angering their counterparts.
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The Department of Health and Human Services says that more than 1,000 unaccompanied migrant children in federal government custody have tested positive for the coronavirus since the outset of the pandemic in March.
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