South Australia will end its COVID-19 lockdown on schedule after reporting no new virus infections. Premier Steven Marshall says the result is a “huge relief” and will allow the week-long shutdown to end at one minute past midnight on Wednesday. He says it vindicates the state’s “go hard and go early” approach to combating virus… Read More »
Loading the player… South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced Sunday that his country will return to stricter lockdown measures in the face of a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases that indicate the virus is “surging again” in Africa’s worst-affected nation. Positive cases in South Africa in the past seven days were 31% higher than the… Read More »
High initiation and persistence on pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) has been documented in pregnant women in Cape Town, South Africa, with 91% of those offered PrEP starting it and nearly half of those continuing to take PrEP six months later. While women who had given birth and those reporting side effects were less likely to stay… Read More »
People with HIV who already have resistance to a non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI) when they start first-line antiretroviral treatment containing the integrase inhibitor dolutegravir were less likely to achieve viral suppression, a large clinical trial in South Africa has reported. NNRTI resistance has not been shown to affect responses to dolutegravir-based treatment previously. The… Read More »
South Korea has confirmed 62 additional cases of the coronavirus over a 24-hour period, as the country continues to grapple with new clusters after easing social distancing rules By The Associated Press June 28, 2020, 4:12 AM 3 min read 3 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article SEOUL, South Korea — South… Read More »
However, you should still visit the Fit For Travel site for detailed information, as risk classifications vary in different areas within countries, and can change. Nigeria at health facilities was 9. Rising temperatures and climate change have been cited as possible causes of the rise observed in African countries, as warmer weather enables plasmodium-carrying mosquitoes… Read More »