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The Lancet Psychiatry, 2021
Hoare, Jacqueline, Frenkel, Louise
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Detection of a SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern in South Africa

Nature, 2021
Continued uncontrolled transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in many parts of the world is creating conditions for substantial evolutionary changes to the virus1,2.
H. Tegally, E. Wilkinson, M. Giovanetti, A. Iranzadeh, V. Fonseca, J. Giandhari, D. Doolabh, S. Pillay, E. J. San, N. Msomi, K. Mlisana, A. von Gottberg, S. Walaza, Mushal Allam, A. Ismail, T. Mohale, A. Glass, S. Engelbrecht, G. V. Van Zyl, W. Preiser, Francesco Petruccione, A. Sigal, D. Hardie, G. Marais, N. Hsiao, S. Korsman, M. Davies, L. Tyers, I. Mudau, Denis York, C. Maslo, D. Goedhals, S. Abrahams, O. Laguda-Akingba, A. Alisoltani-Dehkordi, A. Godzik, C. K. Wibmer, B. Sewell, J. Lourenço, L. Alcântara, S. K. Kosakovsky Pond, S. Weaver, D. Martin, R. Lessells, J. Bhiman, C. Williamson, Tulio de Oliveira   +46 more
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Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron lineages BA.4 and BA.5 in South Africa

Nature Network Boston, 2022
Three lineages (BA.1, BA.2 and BA.3) of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron variant of concern predominantly drove South Africa’s fourth Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) wave.
H. Tegally, M. Moir, J. Everatt, M. Giovanetti, C. Scheepers, E. Wilkinson, K. Subramoney, Z. Makatini, S. Moyo, D. Amoako, C. Baxter, C. Althaus, U. J. Anyaneji, D. Kekana, R. Viana, J. Giandhari, R. Lessells, Tongai Gibson Maponga, D. Maruapula, W. Choga, M. Matshaba, Mpaphi B. Mbulawa, N. Msomi, Y. Naidoo, S. Pillay, T. Sanko, J. E. San, L. Scott, L. Singh, N. A. Magini, P. Smith-Lawrence, W. Stevens, Graeme Dor, D. Tshiabuila, N. Wolter, W. Preiser, F. Treurnicht, M. Venter, G. Chiloane, Caitlyn McIntyre, Á. O'toole, C. Ruis, T. Peacock, Cornelius Roemer, Sergei L Kosakovsky Pond, C. Williamson, O. Pybus, J. Bhiman, A. Glass, D. Martin, B. Jackson, A. Rambaut, O. Laguda-Akingba, S. Gaseitsiwe, A. von Gottberg, Tulio de Oliveira   +55 more
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Increased risk of SARS-CoV-2 reinfection associated with emergence of Omicron in South Africa

Science, 2022
We provide two methods for monitoring reinfection trends in routine surveillance data to identify signatures of changes in reinfection risk and apply these approaches to data from South Africa’s severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
J. Pulliam, C. van Schalkwyk, N. Govender, A. von Gottberg, C. Cohen, M. Groome, J. Dushoff, K. Mlisana, H. Moultrie   +8 more
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Characteristics and Outcomes of Hospitalized Patients in South Africa During the COVID-19 Omicron Wave Compared With Previous Waves.

Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2021
Characteristics and Outcomes of Hospitalized Patients in South Africa During the COVID-19 Omicron Wave Compared With Previous Waves On November 24, 2021, a SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern, Omicron (B.1.1.529), was identified in South Africa as responsible ...
C. Maslo, R. Friedland, M. Toubkin, A. Laubscher, Teshlin Akaloo, Boniswa Kama   +5 more
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COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in South Africa: how can we maximize uptake of COVID-19 vaccines?

Expert Review of Vaccines, 2021
Introduction: Acceptance of COVID-19 vaccines is critical to personal health, protecting vulnerable populations, reopening socio-economic life, and achieving population health and safety through immunity. The primary aim of this review was to investigate
S. Cooper, H. van Rooyen, C. Wiysonge
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COVID-19 Vaccine Roll-Out in South Africa and Zimbabwe: Urgent Need to Address Community Preparedness, Fears and Hesitancy

Vaccines, 2021
South Africa became one of the first African countries to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. As the rest of Africa prepares to receive COVID-19 vaccines, most countries in Africa have set up national-level coordination committees for developing national ...
T. Dzinamarira, Brian Nachipo, Bright Phiri, G. Musuka   +3 more
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Rural online learning in the context of COVID 19 in South Africa: Evoking an inclusive education approach

Multidisciplinary Journal of Educational Research, 2020
This paper discusses the challenges faced by rural learners in South Africa in the context of the world pandemic commonly known as COVID-19. Rural learners face unprecedented challenges in adjusting to a new mode of life and learning, the latter being ...
B. Dube
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COVID-19 and the Digital Transformation of Education: What Are We Learning on 4IR in South Africa?

Education sciences, 2020
The study sought to assess the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic in motivating digital transformation in the education sector in South Africa. The study was premised on the fact that learning in South Africa and the rest of the world came to a ...
David Mhlanga, T. Moloi
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Aquaculture in Africa: A Comparative Review of Egypt, Nigeria, and Uganda Vis-À-Vis South Africa

Reviews in Fisheries Science & Aquaculture, 2020
This study reviews the development and conventional qualitative analysis of aquaculture in Africa, specifically by reviewing the aquaculture sector of key players (Egypt, Nigeria and Uganda) as a reference for South Africa; an aspiring key aquaculture ...
Babatunde Adeleke, D. Robertson-Andersson, G. Moodley, Simon C. Taylor   +3 more
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