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Toggle Second wave: December 2020 – April 2021 subsection. 2.1 December 2020. 2.2 January 2021. ... COVID-19 cases in South Africa (Click for all data) ...
The COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa was part of the pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ().. On 5 March 2020, Minister of Health Zweli Mkhize had confirmed the spread of the virus to South Africa, with the first known patient being a male citizen who tested positive upon his return from Italy. [4]
The African Union secured close to 300 million COVID-19 vaccine doses in the largest such agreement yet for Africa; it was announced on 13 January 2021. This is independent of the global Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator ( COVAX ) effort aimed at distributing COVID-19 vaccines to lower-income countries. [ 11 ]
India has announced that a new COVID-19 variant with a "double mutation" has been detected. [119] Malaysia reported 1,268 new cases, bringing the total number to 336,808. There were 1,083 recoveries, bringing the total number of recoveries to 320,925. There were two deaths, bringing the death toll to 1,246.
The COVID-19 (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill aims at empowering the economy, save enterprises and jobs, and build for a recovery overtime. The objectives of the Quarantine Bill are to prevent the resurgence of COVID-19 infection, and step up the preparedness and response of the country to any future pandemic.
21 October- The 2021 South African metalworkers strike ends, with workers represented by the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa winning a 5-6% annual pay increase 22 October - Following a high-profile trial ex-police officer Nomia Rosemary Ndlovu is convicted of murdering five relatives and her boyfriend over several years.
The US delivers Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines to South Africa as part of the COVAX initiative in 2021 South Africa has so far paid R283 million ($20 million) to the organization in December 2020. COVAX has delivered 1.4 million doses of the Pfizer–BioNTech vaccine to the country on 28 June 2021.
South Africa has a sizable automotive industry, which is largely export-oriented. [1] The sector employs approximately 110,000 South Africans. [3] Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, exports and production for the county's automotive industry fell by about one-third, and the industry's proportion of South Africa's total gross domestic product (GDP) fell from 6.4% to 4.9%. [1]