What zoologists should learn from a zoonotic pandemic: The best-known example of a zoonotic pandemic is HIV/AIDS, which originated from chimpanzees. GettyImages Zoology has an illustrious history; it has triggered paradigm shifts in thinking. One of the best known was Darwin’s theory of evolution, based on his observations of the natural world. It became the …
South Africa in the news: Tokyo-based Sunwolves out of Super Rugby after time runs out amid pandemic: Club issued a statement, saying the implications of Covid-19 restrictions and changes to the 2020 season meant the end of the franchise …: “South Africa” – BingNews ChairClub – Supporting Education One Chair at a Time: ChairClub managing …
Lessons from Sierra Leone’s Ebola pandemic on the impact of school closures on girls: Getty Images Policymakers globally have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic with tough measures. As a result of the risk and uncertainty caused by the virus, economic activity has contracted, hitting firms and workers whose activities rely on face-to-face contacts the hardest. …
How South Africa’s health system could take a hit from pandemic lawsuits: A health worker drags an electrocardiograph at the Charlotte Maxeke Hospital in Johannesburg. Michele SpatariI/AFP via Getty Images As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads around the world, there’s been an outpouring of gratitude and support for healthcare professionals. Communities have made extraordinary efforts to …
Coronavirus: how the pandemic has changed our perception of time: Feel like time has come to a standstill? Leszek Glasner/Shutterstock The COVID-19 pandemic has completely changed our lives. Take something as fundamental as our experiences of space: our mobility has become severely restricted – reduced to jogs or walks a few kilometres around our homes. …
Lockdown diaries: the everyday voices of the coronavirus pandemic: Shutterstock/Teechai A diary is by its very nature an intensely personal thing. It’s a place to record our most intimate thoughts and worries about the world around us. In other words, it is a glimpse at our state of mind. Now, the coronavirus pandemic, and the …
South Africa in the news: List 2/3 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic: Bahnen-Tournee in Oerlikon, Switzerland on May 30 postponed. Bahnen-Tournee in Singen, Germany from May 31-June 1 postponed. Mountain Bike Cape Epic in South Africa from March 15-22 canceled. UCI …: “South Africa” – BingNews DG Phumla Williams: Steering government communication: General …
Periods in a pandemic: women and girls in low-income settlements need more support: Tatyana Ratova/Shutterstock We conducted research eight years ago on menstrual health and hygiene in an informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya’s capital. We found that women and girls grappled with many challenges, predominantly because they lacked resources, and this meant that they couldn’t …
How the first modern pandemic hit key workers first: The Edinburgh and London Royal Mail. Wikimedia Commons The 1889 outbreak of influenza was first reported in the Russian city of Petropavlovsk in September of that year. Within a few weeks it had spread throughout Russia, and by early November it had appeared in most European …
South Africa in the news: List 3/3 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic: Liga MX in Mexico from March 14, no spectators. From March 15 suspended. A League in Australia from March 16, no spectators. From March 24 suspended. Premier Division in South Africa from March 16 …: “South Africa” – BingNews WHO sees …
Covid-19 pandemic is the perfect time to learn to trade: Covid-19 pandemic is the perfect time to learn to trade There is hardly a country in the world that aren’t reeling from the devastating effect of the Coronavirus pandemic. People’s biggest concerns now are twofold – that they or their loved ones will contract the …
A novel idea: integrating urban and rural safety nets in Africa during the pandemic: Markets in Africa's cities are central to the food chain. But many had to close because of COVID-19 measures. Simon Maina/AFP via Getty Images In countries across Africa, the public health restrictions imposed to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic have thrown …
The coronavirus pandemic is already increasing inequality: Shutterstock So far, the impact of the coronavirus crisis has not been felt equally across the UK population in health and economic terms. If it is followed by a major recession, the effect on inequality could worsen dramatically. The risk of infection has varied depending on where you …
How to model a pandemic: MarcoVector/Shutterstock Disease has afflicted humans ever since there have been human. Malaria and tuberculosis are thought to have ravaged Ancient Egypt more than 5,000 years ago. From 541 to 542 CE the global pandemic known as “the Plague of Justinian” is estimated to have killed 15–25% of the world’s 200-million …
How the COVID-19 pandemic will affect informal workers. Insights from Kenya: Vendors in a market Billy Miaron/Shutterstock COVID-19 is going to have a devastating impact on economies. Africa has a particular vulnerability because so many people work in the informal sector. In an interview with Moina Spooner from The Conversation Africa, Njeri Kinyanjui explains how …
Why pandemic influenza is so deadly – revealed: Electron microscopy image of 1918 influenza virus particles near a cell. NIAID, CC BY The Spanish flu virus infected a third of the world’s population 100 years ago and claimed the lives of up to 100m people. The virus continued to evolve and its descendants went on …