Curfews have a dark history: no wonder people are resisting them in the pandemic: Over Christmas, the Canadian province of Quebec imposed a curfew on its citizens. This curfew, like lockdowns, mask mandates and other restrictions, was aimed at stemming the latest omicron-fuelled pandemic tide. Starting on New Year’s Eve, the curfew required citizens to …
Drink problems at work got much worse during the pandemic – here’s how employers can tackle them: The Downing Street “partygate” scandal has shown how alcohol use can be embedded in the everyday workplace. The internal investigation being led by senior civil servant Sue Gray is expected to make clear how normalised the culture of drinking …
South Africa in the news: It’s Holiday Season. Time for Another COVID-19 Pandemic Panic?: New COVID-19 cases in South Africa, where omicron likely accounts for most new infections, rose from fewer than 300 per day in mid-November to more than 19,000 on Dec. 12. Scientists report that two …: “South Africa” – BingNews Heliport in …
South Africa in the news: UK, Denmark, and Australia Report Highest Daily Covid-19 Cases of Pandemic: The United Kingdom, Denmark, and Australia have all reported the highest daily covid-19 case counts of the entire pandemic on Wednesday, a troubling sign that the world’s global health emergency is …: “South Africa” – BingNews Langa’s Mzansi Restaurant …
South Africa in the news: 2021 Notebook: The COVID-19 pandemic and the vaccine rollout: Despite having vaccines, more people died in 2021 from COVID-19 than in 2020, the first full year of the pandemic. Many thousands of those deaths could have been prevented. And even as the delta surge …: “South Africa” – BingNews Will …
The lessons teachers think schools need to learn from the pandemic: bbernard/Shutterstock School closures were one of the control measures used to stem the transmission of COVID in the UK. We wanted to find out what impact school closures had on the education, health and wellbeing of pupils and school staff and the challenges that …
Loss and grief in the COVID pandemic: more than counting losses and moving on: Children, close relatives, friends at the funeral service of Johannesburg mayor Geoffrey Makhubo in July 14, 2021. Sharon Seretlo/Gallo Images via Getty images Over the past two years, the world’s news channels started to include COVID-19 statistics almost like the daily …
South Africa in the news: Omicron: India aims to avoid ‘pandemic roulette’: During the second wave earlier this year, India was criticised for not telling the world early enough about Delta, which quickly became the dominant variant across the globe. What has changed since …: “South Africa” – BingNews Latest news updates: UK ports on …
What South Africa needs to do to exit the pandemic state of disaster: Successive lockdowns under South Africa's state of emergency law have caused tremendous hardship. Photo by Phill Magakoe/AFP via Getty Images The global COVID pandemic not only heightened interest in the field of disaster risk management, but in several instances required the use …
Why excess deaths have varied so greatly around the world during the pandemic: Photocarioca/Shutterstock No one would describe 2020 as normal. The coronavirus disrupted travel, employment and livelihoods. It pushed countries into lockdown, forcing people to change how they lived. And it infected millions of people, resulting in many getting severely ill and dying. The …
South Africa in the news: The big reason Omicron could still ‘significantly prolong the pandemic’: Omicron “almost certainly is not more severe than Delta,” Dr. Anthony Fauci, America’s top infectious disease expert, predicted Tuesday — and “there is some suggestion that it might even be less …: “South Africa” – BingNews Enhancing the employability of …
Alcohol deaths up almost 19% during the pandemic – the greatest increase since 2001: These statistics highlight a need to address problem drinking in the UK. New Africa/ Shutterstock Deaths from alcohol in 2020 were up almost 19% compared with the previous year, according to the latest figures published by the Office for National Statistics …
A new report shows worrying growth of the diabetes pandemic: Many people with diabetes are undiagnosed. Shutterstock Diabetes is rising at an alarming rate. One in 10 adults worldwide – 537 million people – now live with the disease. This is higher than the 463 million adults who lived with the condition in 2019. It …
South Africa in the news: Early indications on Omicron ‘encouraging’, says top US pandemic expert: First detected by South Africa, the Omicron variant of COVID-19 has now spread to nearly 40 countries around the world. Reported By: | Edited By: DNA Web Team |Source: DNA webdesk |Updated: Dec 05, …: “South Africa” – BingNews Big …
When will life return to normal after the pandemic?: Jacob Lund/Shutterstock No one can ever know for sure when life will return to normal after a particular event, not least because what’s normal keeps on changing, even in normal times. Nevertheless, it’s a question we can’t help pondering – particularly when new COVID developments, such …
Advertising in the pandemic: how companies used COVID as a marketing tool: Corporate outreach. Shutterstock/Kevin Chen Images At the start of the pandemic, consumers were bombarded with a new and hastily constructed form of advertising. In those “uncertain times”, customers were promised, they could rely on their favourite brands for help. The adverts, often featuring …
How the COVID pandemic changed digital journalism: Arnap Pratav Singh/Shutterstock In the last decade, smartphones and mobile technology have altered newsrooms, transforming news gathering, live broadcasting and content distribution. Trained on an iPhone 4s at the University of Sheffield in 2011, I was one of the first mobile journalists in the UK. Over the course …
Conspiracy theories about the pandemic are spreading offline as well as through social media: A consistent feature of the pandemic has been the presence of a relatively small but vocal number of conspiracy theorists who resist attempts to tackle COVID-19. Their views might seem marginal and extreme but recent research suggests that we should take …