Tag "virus"
Coronavirus Chronicles
Tracking Covid in sewers helps in virus fight
The Sars-Cov-2 virus has been detected in a number of wastewater treatment plants in KwaZulu-Natal. Fatima Khan reports on how researchers are turning this to good use.
Coronavirus Chronicles
Worldwide call for ban on wildlife markets
The World Health Organisation has been asked to publicly confirm the threat posed to health by the trade in wildlife, Laura du Toit reports.
Coronavirus Chronicles
More questions than answers
Escapism proves hard to find for Jono Hornby. The diarist muses on communal living with “bloody academics” and journalists and how even at a family birthday celebration, subjects like social
Coronavirus Chronicles
The Future We Want
Boeing, Boeing, gone:
Boeing, Boeing, gone:
Jet-set spread the disease, but it’s the poor who pay
The coronavirus puts communities least able to deal with it at greatest risk. Expect more economic migration, sustainability crises and other maladies, writes environmentalist Dr Andrew Venter.
