President Cyril Ramaphosa visited is convening an emergency Cabinet meeting to declare the floods a national disaster so that funds can be released to help repair the damage.
Incidentally, South Africa and Botswana were also the first to report on Omicron in November last year. South Africa was also the first country to be hit by the super mutant and vaccine evading variant of concern, before it became a global wave.
In a first instance of COVID-19 substitution in international cricket, South Africa's Sarel Erwee and Wiaan Mulder were replaced by Khaya Zondo and Glenton Stuurman in the playing eleven of the second Test against Bangladesh after testing positive for the virus on Monday.
South Africa bowled Bangladesh out for 80 to seal a convincing 332-run win in the second and final Test and take the series 2-0 on Monday.
The long-running adventure and travel reality TV show Roadies is returning for its 18th season in an all-new avatar. Sonu Sood is hosting it and the participants will be shooting in South Africa for the upcoming edition.
South Africa raced to a 220-run victory in the first test after Bangladesh's collapse to 53 all out on the morning of the final day on Monday.Bangladesh lasted only 19 overs in its second innings and South Africa needed only two bowlers to roll the tourists out.
Furosemide is not a performance-enhancing drug but is banned because it can be used to mask other substances.
The research report, published recently in the journal ‘Viruses’, also urged members of the public to be aware of possibility of infecting their pet cats, dogs if they have COVID.
A dark plume of smoke, flames can be seen rising from building in the center of the city.
Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma are one adorable and loveable couple of the tinsel town. Every now and then, they leave us fall in love with them all over again. For the New Year celebrations, Virat Kohli looked dapper in casuals, while Anushka stunned in a striped black and white dress. They were a part New Year cake cutting celebration at a restaurant in South Africa
India's once-in-a-generation pace unit destroyed a listless South Africa with its relentless attack to fashion an emphatic 113-run win in the first Test here on Thursday, setting the team on the path towards an elusive series victory in the Rainbow nation.
Daily virus case counts are notoriously unreliable, as they can be affected by uneven testing, reporting delays, and other fluctuations. But they are offering one tantalizing hint — far from conclusive yet — that omicron infections may recede quickly after a ferocious spike.
India Test skipper Virat Kohli categorically denied a rift between him and the new white-ball captain Rohit Sharma during the pre-departure virtual press conference ahead of the three-Test series against South Africa beginning on December 26.
A 35-year-old man, with travel history to Zimbabwe and South Africa, has tested positive for Omicron, becoming the second patient in Delhi of the new COVID-19 variant, sources said on Saturday.
Relative risk of reinfection was much higher (at least 3-fold) with the Omicron variant than it was with the Beta and Delta variants: Expert
The new variant of COVID-19 was first reported to the World Health Organisation from South Africa on November 25.
South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa said the number of daily infections has increased five-fold in the past week, with nearly a quarter of all COVID-19 tests now returning positive.
South African experts on Thursday expressed concern about the rising number of COVID-19 infections among young children, even as the country recorded a further 16,055 infections and 25 deaths overnight on Friday.
A Maharashtra man who had traveled to Mumbai from South Africa via Dubai and Delhi had tested positive for Omicron on Saturday, said officials. This is the fourth case of the Omicron variant in India.
"We have always seen children not being heavily affected by COVID epidemic in the past (and) not having many admissions (to hospitals). In the third wave, we saw more admissions in children under five and in teenagers who were 15 to 19," says experts.
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