Prinesha Naidoo

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  • A technician uses a multi-channel pipette dropper to dispense material during Covid-19 antibody neutralization testing in a laboratory at the African Health Research Institute (AHRI) in Durban, South Africa, on Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021. South Africas hospital admission rate as a percentage of new Covid-19 cases identified dropped sharply in the second week of the current infection wave driven by the omicron variant, compared with the same week of the third wave. Photographer: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesHealth

    Omicron could make the world more resistant to Delta COVID strain, South Africa study says

    By Prinesha Naidoo, Janice Kew, and others
  • SANDTON, SOUTH AFRICA – OCTOBER 21: 12-17 year-old citizens receive Covid-19 vaccine at Discovery Health vaccination site on October 21, 2021 in Sandton, South Africa. Joe Phaahla (Health Minister) announced that children between the ages of 12 and 17 will be able to access the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine, but they will only receive a single dose . (Photo by Papi Morake/Gallo Images via Getty Images)Health

    South Africa has found a COVID-19 ‘mutation variant of serious concern’

    By Prinesha Naidoo, S'thembile Cele, and others