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Former Love Island contestant Aaron Waters has shocked fans on social media after the 26 year old revealed he was rushed to hospital for an X-ray after a painful injury.The reality TV star posted an close-up image of an X-Ray monitor on Instagram as doctors tried to get to the bottom of his injury. Although he didn't disclose what actually happened, Adam captioned the picture: "A fractured rib ain't what I need rn.." He also included a sarcastic face plant emoji. Aaron caused quite the stir when he arrived in the South African Love Island villa last year.

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Leading health agencies outline updated terminology for pathogens that transmit through the air

Following consultation with public health agencies and experts, the World Health Organization (WHO) publishes a global technical consultation report introducing updated terminology for pathogens that transmit through the air. The pathogens covered include those that cause respiratory infections, e.g. COVID-19, influenza, measles, Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), and tuberculosis, among others.

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Pilgrimage’s Michaela Strachan beat breast cancer - but mourns co-star that ‘wasn’t as lucky’

Michaela Strachan has opened up on the tragic death of her best friend, who died 10 years after her own shock diagnosis. The 57 year old animal lover, lives happily in South Africa with her partner Nick Chevallier - a wildlife director and cameraman - and their 18 year old son, Nick. But in 2014, Michaela’s world was turned upside down when she was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent a double mastectomy, at 48 years old.

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Family mourns dad, 46, who died just weeks after cancer diagnosis

A dad-of-two has tragically died just weeks after being diagnosed with cancer. Simon Atkins, 46, sadly passed away on Sunday (February 11).

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'I'm a plastic surgery expert - and here's how Love Island's Hannah achieved her dramatic transformation'

Love Island’s Hannah Elizabeth shocked fans of the ITV show when she made her dramatic return to the All Stars villa in South Africa.The 33 year old, who viewers first met on series one in 2015, looks very different indeed to the young twenty-something Liverpudlian that first graced our screens. Hannah has been very open about the cosmetic surgery she has had up to now, which has garnered praise from many - documenting procedures on her social media. But exactly what has the mum of one had done to achieve her head-turning new look? Plastic and cosmetic surgeon Dr Paul Banwell (paulebanwell.com), has offered his expert insight.

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Love Island's Hannah Elizabeth had 'every treatment you could imagine' before returning to show

Hannah Elizabeth is returning to the Love Island villa for its All Stars spin-off - nine years after she first appeared on the dating show. And the reality star has revealed that she's fully prepared on the cosmetic front as she makes her TV comeback. The 33-year-old said that ahead of walking into the South African villa, she has had "every treatment that you could imagine" in preparation.

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Love Island All Stars most dramatic before and after beauty transformations

Winter feels like it's dragged on forever, but get ready to welcome in some much-needed sunshine in the form of a new series of Love Island. Instead of the usual winter series with brand new contestants, we're being treated to blasts from Love Island past as some of our favourite Islanders from series gone make a return to the villa in South Africa. The full cast list was just revealed yesterday to plenty of social media excitement and includes big names and personalities including Georgia Harrison, Chris Taylor, Kaz Kwami, Georgia Steel, Anton Danyluk and Hannah Elizabeth.

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The ITV Love Island All Stars cast in full amid major format change

Love Island fans don't have long to wait for their next villa fix, with an All Stars version of the hit ITV show launching next week.

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Love Island Scot Anton Danyluk's life after the villa as he returns for All Stars

It's been five years since Scots reality TV star Anton Danyluk shot to fame after entering the iconic Love Island villa with the entrepreneur set to return to screens later this month for a second chance at finding love.

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Call the Midwife's Nancy Corrigan star Megan Cusack's famous family revealed

Megan Cusack, who plays the role of nurse Nancy Corrigan in Call The Midwife, comes from a family of famous actors. She's set to return to our screens this Sunday on BBC One. In the first episode of the new series, Nancy will be on hand to help Doreen Challis, a young woman with cerebral palsy give birth.

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Paralympian Oscar Pistorius Out On Parole After Serving Half His Prison Sentence For 2013 Murder Of GF Reeva Steenkamp

South African Paralympian Oscar Pistorius, who went to jail for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013, has been released on parole.

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Oscar Pistorius Released From Prison 11 Years After Killing Girlfriend Reeve Steenkamp

Oscar Pistorius is no longer in prison.

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Oscar Pistorius released on parole after killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp

Oscar Pistorius has been freed on parole after killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp more than a decade ago.

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Former Olympian Oscar Pistorius released from jail over Reeva Steenkamp killing

Former Olympian Oscar Pistorius has been freed from prison on parole more than a decade after he killed his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, it was revealed today.

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‘Mary Poppins’ star Glynis Johns, who sang Sondheim’s ‘Send in the Clowns,’ dead at 100

“Mary Poppins,” has died. She was 100. After a career spanning eight decades, Johns died Thursday of natural causes at an assisted living facility in Hollywood, her manager, Mitch Clem, told the Hollywood Reporter.Born in South Africa in 1923, Johns had a theatrical family – her father, Mervyn Johns, was a Welsh actor, and her mother, Alyce Steele-Wareham, was an Australian-born concert pianist.

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'Living Nostradamus' who 'foresaw Covid' makes chilling 2024 predictions

A man who calls himself "The Living Nostradamus" has unveiled his predictions for the new year - and it's apparently going to be eventful.

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New South-South health cooperation initiative launched linking Africa and the Caribbean

The Health Development Partnership for Africa and the Caribbean (HeDPAC), a new initiative to strengthen South-South health cooperation between Africa and the Caribbean, was launched today.

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21 teens who died in South African tavern all had toxic methanol in blood

Methanol, a toxic form of alcohol that is often used as a solvent, pesticide or fuel, may be the cause of the death of 21 teenagers at a bar in East London, South Africa last month.

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COVID-19 Scan for Jun 08, 2022

COVID-19 infection and pregnancy independently raised the risk of intensive care unit (ICU) admission, the need for supplemental oxygen, and death among hospitalized women in sub-Saharan Africa, finds a study published today in Clinical Infectious Diseases.A team led by researchers from the University of Pittsburgh stu

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Omicron symptoms ‘totally different’ from Delta COVID-19 variant: South African doctor

COVID-19 look very different than those infected with previous variants like Delta, says the chair of South Africa’s medical association.“It’s totally different from the Delta,” Dr. Angelique Coetzee told Global News on Tuesday.

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COVID-19: South Africa calls for calm over international response to Omicron variant

The South African government is calling for calm as more countries impose travel limits on foreign nationals from parts of Africa due to the Omicron COVID-19 variant.

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Pfizer vaccine will be made at South African firm, a first for Africa

JOHANNESBURG (AP) - A South African firm will begin producing the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, the first time that the shot will be produced in Africa, Pfizer announced Wednesday.The Biovac Institute based in Cape Town will manufacture the vaccine for distribution across Africa, in a move that should help address the continent's desperate need for more vaccine doses amid a recent surge of cases.Biovac will receive large batch ingredients for the vaccine from Europe and will blend the components, put them in vials and package them for distribution. The production will begin in 2022 with a goal of reaching more than 100 million finished doses annually.

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WHO setting up hub to make COVID-19 vaccines in South Africa: Tedros

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South Africa aims to vaccinate nearly 6 lakh teachers against Covid in 14 days

South Africa has launched an ambitious plan to vaccinate 582,000 teachers for Covid-19 protection within 14 days, starting from June 23, officials said on Saturday.

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Hamilton reports over 150 new COVID-19 cases and single case of variant first detected in South Africa

Ontario reports record-breaking 4,736 new COVID-19 cases as total count surpasses 400,000 Hamilton reported the discovery of the B.1.351 variant first detected in South Africa on Thursday. On Wednesday, public health revealed the city’s first two cases of the P.1 variant (first detected in Brazil.)Along with the B.1.1.7 variant (first detected in the U.K.) already established and spreading across the city in recent weeks, there have now been 1,490 positively screened cases with a variant.

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Pfizer’s COVID-19 shot less effective against South African variant: study

COVID-19 vaccine to some extent, a real-world data study in Israel found, though its prevalence in the country is low and the research has not been peer reviewed.The study, released on Saturday, compared almost 400 people who had tested positive for COVID-19, 14 days or more after they received one or two doses of the vaccine, against the same number of unvaccinated patients with the disease. It matched age and gender, among other characteristics.

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Amid Covid surge, South Africa health min aims to vaccinate for herd immunity

South Africa's health minister on Thursday detailed plans to vaccinate 40 million people or two-thirds of its population against Covid-19 in order to achieve herd immunity, as a mutant variant drove daily new cases above 21,000 for the first time.A more contagious coronavirus mutant, first found on South Africa's east coast late last year, is driving a second wave of infections across Africa's most industrialised nation, pushing its total to 1.15 million, a third of all the continent's cases.Also Read | The faces behind the farmer revoltThis week, deaths in South Africa surpassed 30,000, and Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said both private and public hospitals were struggling to manage to a growing influx of patients."Deaths and admissions

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What the COVID-19 variant from South Africa means for pandemic, vaccines

COVID-19 continues to mutate.Fears are rising over the latest variant, this time discovered in South Africa. COVID-19 variant found in South Africa might be a problem for vaccines, experts warn There is worry among some experts about whether current vaccines will be effective against the variant — called 501Y.V2 — that’s rapidly replacing other strains in the country, but not everyone is convinced.Here’s what we know so far:There are already many different versions, or variants, of COVID-19 circulating in different parts of the world.

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After Britain and South Africa, another new coronavirus variant found in Nigeria

NAIROBI : Another new variant of the novel coronavirus seems to have emerged in Nigeria, the head of Africa's disease control body said on Thursday, cautioning more investigation was needed.The news comes after Britain and South Africa both reported new variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that appear to be more contagious, leading to new travel restrictions and turmoil in markets."It's a separate lineage from the UK and the South African lineages," John Nkengasong, director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) told an online news conference from Addis Ababa."The one we are seeing in Nigeria, and this is based on very limited data yet, has the 501 mutation," Nkengasong added, referring to the variant termed 501.V2

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WTO members discuss proposal of India, South Africa for easing IP rules for Covid-19

New Delhi: As many as 40 members of the Geneva-based World Trade Organization (WTO) have discussed a proposal submitted by India and South Africa for relaxing certain provisions in intellectual property (IP) agreement with a view to contain the COVID-19 pandemic.Earlier this month, India and South Africa have submitted a proposal suggesting a waiver for all WTO members on the implementation, application and enforcement of certain provisions of the TRIPS Agreement in relation to the prevention, containment or treatment of COVID-19.The Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights or TRIPS Agreement came into effect in January 1995.

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South Africa's health minister gets COVID-19, as cases rise

JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s health minister Dr. Zweli Mkhize has announced that he and his wife have tested positive for COVID-19 and warned of a possible resurgence of the disease in the country.

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India, South Africa ask WTO to waive rules to aid COVID-19 drug production

VIENNA : India and South Africa want the World Trade Organization (WTO) to waive intellectual property rules to make it easier for developing countries to produce or import COVID-19 drugs, a letter to the WTO shows.In their letter dated Oct.

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India, South Africa ask WTO to ease IP rules for COVID-19

NEW DELHI – South Africa and India have asked the World Trade Organization to waive some provisions in the international agreements that regulate intellectual property rights, to speed up efforts to prevent, treat and contain the COVID-19 pandemic and make sure developing countries are not left behind.The countries argue, in a joint submission to the Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights dated Friday, that without a rapid waiver of some existing safeguards for intellectual property rights, some countries — particularly developing ones that have been “disproportionately impacted" — would find it hard to access vaccines or medicines quickly.

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South Africa steps up hygiene in health facilities to protect against COVID-19

Good hygiene practices such as hand hygiene, use of personal protective equipment and cleaning and disinfection of medical equipment and environment – just some of the elements of infection prevention and control (IPC) – are at the forefront of COVID-19 responses worldwide. They protect both patients and health workers from infection.

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Global COVID-19 deaths top 700,000; WHO team heads to South Africa

In the latest global COVID-19 developments, the fatality count passed the 700,000 mark as the World Health Organization (WHO) announced the deployment of a surge team to South Africa, the continent's hardest-hit country, and Australian health officials took more steps to limit spread from its hot spot in Victoria state.

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South Africa hits 500,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases, still not at peak

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South Africa reinstates ban on alcohol sales as coronavirus hospitalizations surge

South Africa prepares 1.5 million gravesites as coronavirus cases surge South Africa’s rapid increase in reported cases has made it one of the world’s centres for COVID-19, as it is ranked as the 9th country most affected by the disease, according to Johns Hopkins University. The country has reported increases of more than 10,000 confirmed cases for several days and the latest daily increase was nearly 13,500.

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South Africa prepares 1.5 million gravesites as coronavirus cases surge

coronavirus pandemic in Africa is reaching “full speed” and it’s good to prepare for the worst-case scenario, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention chief said Thursday, after a South African official said a single province is preparing 1.5 million gravesites.Just a day after confirmed virus cases across Africa surpassed the half-million milestone the total was over 522,000 and climbing, with more than 12,000 deaths. With testing levels low, the real numbers are unknown.

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Study tells ‘remarkable story’ about COVID-19’s deadly rampage through a South African hospital

A coronavirus outbreak at St. Augustine's hospital in Durban, South Africa caused 119 infections and 15 deaths.

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Cape Town is virus hot spot for South Africa and continent

JOHANNESBURG – Cape Town has become the center of the COVID-19 outbreak in South Africa and one of Africa's hot spots.

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More than 200 Cuban doctors arrive in South Africa to help fight COVID-19

More than 200 doctors from Cuba have arrived in South Africa to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

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South Africa hopes its battle with HIV and TB helped prepare it for COVID-19

South Africa is redeploying health care workers from HIV and tuberculosis to track people with the novel coronavirus.

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Canadians stuck in South Africa because of COVID-19 waiting for answers

WATCH – Canadians in South Africa are relying on the federal government to return home. But they say they’re frustrated by vague and inconsistent information.

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The South African Music Awards Postponed Amid Covid-19 Pandemic

As festivals and sporting events around the world continue to get pushed out because of the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, it’s unsurprising that the South African Music Awards have announced that this year’s ceremony will also be postponed.

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Coronavirus cases in South Africa top 700 as country prepares for lockdown

South Africa’s coronavirus cases jumped again to 709, the health minister said Wednesday, as the country with the most cases in Africa prepared to go into lockdown first thing Friday.

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The Kiffness Urges South Africans To Stay At Home With His Incredible Parody Of Toto’s ‘Africa’

The Kiffness knows how to make a statement. At the moment, the star is taking on SAMPRA and the SABC to ensure that artists are paid the royalties they are entitled to, dropped a new single titled ‘Wiggle’ with Nathan Ro and continues to make South Africans laugh during this chaotic time. However, he wants his audience to remember that staying at home is the best thing we can do to stop the COVID-19 virus from spreading – so he made a song about it.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
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