Clicks buys Pick n Pay’s retail pharmacy business

SA’s largest pharmacy retail network, Clicks, announced that it plans to buy the Pick n Pay’s retail pharmacy business, including 25 in-store pharmacies which will be rebranded to Clicks.

Push for tighter lockdown in South Africa

News24 reported on May 10, that Dr Asmal Dasoo, convenor of the Progressive Health Forum, is convinced that South Africa should move to a higher lockdown level to further limit gatherings. 

Covid-19 spurs diabetes, according to US research

According to the latest US research, published in April in the journal Nature, Covid-19 survivors were about 39% more likely to have a new diabetes diagnosis in the six months after infection than non-infected users of the veterans’ affairs health system.

New variant in SA as third wave threatens

In the first week of May the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) reported the first SA cases of a coronavirus variant initially identified in India. According to the NICD early signs of a third wave of infections have been detected in Gauteng.

 

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