Kelly-Jane Turner

Multimedia Journalist, IOL News

First case of monkeypox confirmed in South Africa

Kelly-Jane Turner|Published

Health Minister Joe Phaahla revealed that the first monkeypox patient is a 30-year-old man from Johannesburg who has no travel history.

Masks no longer required outdoors, larger crowds permitted under revised restrictions

Kelly-Jane Turner|Published

President Cyril Ramaphosa has revised South Africa’s restrictions under alert level 1, which calls for the end of outdoor mask-wearing and will allow for larger ...

Under-35s could register for Covid-19 jab by September

Kelly-Jane Turner|Published

South Africans under the age of 35 could begin to register for their Covid-19 vaccine around the middle of September, according to Deputy Director-General in the ...

A year of Covid-19 in SA: We are more prepared now, say healthcare workers

Kelly-Jane Turner|Published

Healthcare workers on the frontline have been battling the Covid-19 outbreak in the country for a year now and some say they feel better equipped to deal with the ...