Letters to my Grandchild

  Update on Covid-19 (31st January 2021) As of 31 January the cumulative number of COVID-19 cases identified on South Africa is   1 453 761   with 4 525 new cases identified since the last report. The total  deaths -    44 164  Our recoveries now stand at  1 299 620 , representing a recovery rate of 89% Then the virus started mutating into different variants,  Viruses do this to evade vaccines by changing its genes so that it can survive in the host (the person it has infected). SARS-CoV-2 Variants   31 December 2020 National authorities that have reported virus variants are undertaking intensified sampling to understand how widely these new variants are circulating.   National scientific teams are studying the effect of the mutations on reinfection potential, vaccination, diagnostic testing, infection-severity and transmissibility.   Researchers and government authorities are working with WHO and collaborating with members of the WHO SARS-CoV-2 virus evolution working group to assess

One day you might learn about the following events in history! In January 2020:  The United Kingdom officially withdrew from the Europen Union - it was nicknamed Brexit Prince Harry and his wife Meghan announced that they were stepping down from the Royal Family (Their nickname is Megxit) The American president Donald Trump faced an impeachment trial. He was acquitted on 5 February. In February the court in South Africa issued an arrest for our past president Zacob Zuma on corruption charges. In March Covid spread to South Africa  23 March President Ramaposa announced the start of our lockdown By the 1 July we had  159,333 confirmed Covid cases and 2,749 deaths (by 1 December we had 1million cases) In November 2020 Joe Biden beat Donald Trump to become the next American President.