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    Circuit breakers the mini lockdown needed for hotspots
    (SABC, 2020) Fielding, Burtram C.
    Circuit breakers form part of five-point plan from the department of health that Premier Alan Winde be presented to the provincial cabinet on Tuesday for adoption. Professor Burtram Fielding, molecular biologist and Director of Research Development at UWC will explain what are circuit breakers and how they could help ease off the rise of infections in hotspots.
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    COVID-19 and HIV: so far it seems the outcome is not what was feared
    (The conversation, 2020) Fielding, Burtram C
    Based on official figures – which may be somewhat under reported – COVID-19 has not been asdevastating in South Africa as initially feared. Back in March and April this year case numbers on the continent were still modest. But predictions and projections were sombre. There seemed to be consensus that African countries had weak public health systems and few testing facilities , and containment and social distancing were going to beproblematic in poor communities . More specifically, local and international organisations pointed to the fact that these areas typicallyhave the highest incidence of immuno-compromised individuals. Experts feared that the tens ofmillions with HIV and tuberculosis would be disproportionately affected by COVID-19.
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    COVID-19 schools of thought
    (SABC, 2020) Fielding, Burtram C.
    Interview with Prof Bertram C. Fielding.
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    How viruses evolve
    (2020) Fielding, Burtram C
    The unusual cases of pneumonia began to appear in midwinter, in China. The cause, researchers would later learn, was a coronavirus new to science. By March, the infection began to spread to other Asian countries and overseas. People were dying, and the World Health Organization issued a global health alert But this was 2003, not 2020, and the disease was SARS, not Covid-19. By June, the outbreak was almost gone, with just 8,098 confirmed infections and 774 deaths worldwide. No cases of SARS have been reported since 2004.
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    Spektrum 10 Desember 2020
    (SABC, 2020) Fielding, Burtram C.
    Die Minister van Gesondheid, dr. Zweli Mkhize, sê Suid-Afrika ondervind amptelik sy tweede vlaag van COVID-19-infeksies. Ons het by ‘n kenner gaan hoor wat dit inhou in die onmiddelike stryd teen die virus. Die DA pronk oor sy bydraes in die parlement in 2020, maar wat dink kiesers van die party? Ons praat met 'n ontleder oor gister se tussenverkiesings. Daar is diegene wat meen die nuwe lugredery, Lift, 'n dapper stap doen om in hierdie ekonomiese tye sy toetrede tot die plaaslike lugvaartbedryf te maak. Lugvaartekonoom Joachim Vermooten meen egter dis 'n sinvolle stap.
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    Tin Roof owner adamant venue not source of Covid-19 ’superspreader event’
    (Independent Online, 2020) Spiller, Sam
    Cape Town - A large number of Covid-19 cases among high school pupils tracked to a bar in Cape Town has raised questions about social gatherings and easing of lockdown. James Truter, owner of the Tin Roof bar in Claremont, was adamant his venue was not the source of a recent superspreader event which resulted in 89 new cases, 37 of which were matric pupils.
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    UWC Prof Burtram Fielding
    (SABC, 2020) Fielding, Burtram C.
    Radio interview with Prof Burtram C. Fielding Radio Sonder Grense (RSG)
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    What the latest coronavirus tells us about emerging new infections
    (The Conversation Africa, 2020) Fielding, Burtram C.
    Viruses are quick studies. They’re prolific at adapting to new environments and infecting new hosts. As a result they are able to jump the species divide from animals to humans – as the new coronavirus in China is showing. It’s estimated that 89% of one particular family of viruses, known as RNA viruses, are zoonotic in origin. This means that they started in animals and have since become established among humans. RNA viruses are notorious for being able to mutate in a range of environments. This family of viruses includes everything from Ebola and West Nile Fever to measles and the common cold. The Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus (or SARS-CoV) that broke out in Asia in 2003 is also an RNA virus; so too is the significantly more virulent and fatal Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS‐CoV), first identified in Saudi Arabia in 2012. Both are zoonotic. SARS-CoV is believed – although it’s never been confirmed – to have originated in bats. Infected dromedary camels are thought to have been the source for MERS-CoV.