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Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital (colloquially known as Bara) is a hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa. It is the largest hospital in Africa and seventh largest hospital in the world. [1] It has 6,760 staff members, 3,400 beds and occupies 70 ha (170 acres). The hospital is located in Soweto, south of Johannesburg.
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]
New strains of the virus were found in December 2020 in South Africa and Nigeria, in addition to the Lineage B.1.1.7 variant reported in the United Kingdom in September. [ 10 ] 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.
The Tambo Memorial Hospital (previously known as Boksburg Benoni Hospital) is a regional hospital located in Boksburg in Gauteng Province, South Africa. This regional hospital is situated about 70 km from Pretoria, 30 km from Johannesburg CBD and 10 km from O. R. Tambo International Airport.
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. [67] [68]
The hospital was opened in 1967 and was called the J.G. Strijdom Hospital, named after J.G. Strijdom, a South African Prime Minister. [1]: 133 The hospital would be renamed 1 April 1997, after anti-apartheid activist Helen Joseph. [2] By 1985 it became an academic hospital, out-patient facilities and clinics.
Half of the 500,000 cases reported in the continent are from South Africa or Egypt. [34] Ten countries account for 80% of the reported cases. [34] The World Health Organization voiced alarm at the spread in Africa on 20 July 2020, stating that South Africa's surging numbers could be a precursor for further outbreaks across the continent. [35]