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President Cyril Ramaphosa has revealed that China continues to play a pivotal role in SA’s fight against the coronavirus.Picture: ESA ALEXANDER

Ramaphosa reveals China’s integral role in SA’s fight against the coronavirus

China continues to play a pivotal role in SA’s fight against the coronavirus. In a virtual meeting held with SA editors on Sunday, President Cyril Ramaphosa highlighted how the bulk of the masks, ventilators and testing kits were still…

A member of a medical team weeps at the Wuhan Tianhe International Airport after travel restrictions to leave Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province and China’s epicentre of the Covid-19 outbreak, were lifted, on April 8 2020 Picture: REUTERS/ALY SONG

China to reform disease prevention system after Covid-19 exposes weaknesses

China will reform its disease prevention and control system to address weaknesses exposed by the coronavirus outbreak, a senior health official said on Saturday. China has been criticised domestically and abroad as being initially slow to…

Bruce Aylward, head of the WHO-China Joint Mission on COVID-19 speaks at a press conference about the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, in Beijing on February 24, 2020. – The novel coronavirus has spread to more than 25 countries since it emerged in December and is causing mounting alarm due to new outbreaks in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Picture: MATTHEW KNIGHT / AFP

WHO denies being ‘China-centric’ after Trump comment

World Health Organization officials on Wednesday denied that the body was “China-centric” and said that the acute phase of a pandemic was not the time to cut funding, after US President Donald Trump said he would put contributions on…

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US surpasses China on confirmed Covid-19 infections

The United States has now the highest number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the world. At more than 82 000, it has now surpassed China, where the outbreak began. In a press conference yesterday, US president Donald Trump said he was…

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China reports third day without new Covid-19 infections

China, the original epicenter of the Coronavirus outbreak, is now reporting a third day of no new confirmed local transmission cases of the virus. This is according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). On Friday, WHO director general,…

Chinese delegation visit CHDM

An 18-man Chinese delegation visited the Chris Hani District Municipality (CHDM) to scout for potential projects in which they could invest, as a means to establish a sister city relationship between the two towns. The delegation was led…