REVIEW: Lockdown: The Corona Chronicles by Melinda Ferguson
Penned by seventeen local writers, this collection of short stories illustrates the many sides of South Africans in lockdown.
COVID19: Managing your health at home with a balanced diet
A healthy diet can prevent cell damage to help the body to fight diseases.
COVID19: Lockdown through the lens of Yeshiel Panchia
Covid-19 is pressuring photojournalists to reconsider how they document their subjects without infecting them.
REVIEW: Pandemic – Netflix series release perfectly timed
The documentary’s uncanny relatability to our current reality makes it both riveting and terrifying. (more…)
COVID19: Lockdown loneliness
The coronavirus lockdown has left some students feeling alone and anxious in their current environments.
REVIEW: Contagion – how fiction infected reality
The similarities of the covid-19 pandemic and the one depicted in the film Contagion are enough to get one to analyse every detail as an insight into what might happen next for us.
COVID19: Wits team develop and distribute face shields
A team of engineers from Wits university have come together to produce personal protective equipment and medical supplies to help fight the Coronavirus pandemic. (more…)
COVID19: Homes of the elderly sanitised in Kagiso
To fight against Covid-19, a volunteer organisation has sanitised the homes of some of the elderly in Kagiso. (more…)
Coronavirus: Measures in place for health sciences students
The Dean of health sciences faculty urges students to “remain calm” amid the spread of COVID-19. (more…)
Wits students want to study in Europe, despite coronavirus
Wits hosts information session for students wanting to pursue their studies in Europe. (more…)
Coronavirus: Wits urged not to panic as med student remains in quarantine
A Wits student is currently in voluntary self-isolation after being exposed to a friend who had tested positive for the coronavirus. (more…)
Coronavirus: South African blood service taking precautions
The South African National Blood Service (SANBS) is taking precautionary measures for blood donation amidst the rising cases of coronavirus. (more…)
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