Don’t know your HIV status? You could be at higher risk of Coronavirus

Pastor Oscar Bougardt

Oprah Winfrey says she’s playing it safe when it comes to the rapidly spreading coronavirus.

Oprah Winfrey is playing it safe amid the coronavirus outbreak. Winfrey told The Associated Press on Friday that she has been quarantining and practicing social distancing at her home -- even if that means longtime partner Stedman Graham has to stay in the guest house.

NEW YORK -- Oprah Winfrey says she’s playing it safe when it comes to the rapidly spreading coronavirus.

Fear, pride and hope. Those are some of the emotions South Africans felt after President Cyril Ramaphosa announcement that the country will undergo a national lockdown.

International Jazz Day—including its All-Star Global Concert on April 30—is the latest music event changing course in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. The ninth annual worldwide celebration was slated to take place in Cape Town and other cities across South Africa during the last week of April.However, partners and organizers of International Jazz Day are still planning to celebrate the occasion on April 30.

New couple alert? Nina Dobrev and Shaun White were spotted on a bike ride together in Malibu on Sunday, March 22.

Amid the spread of Covid-19, many South Africans are in panic mode. With panic, comes mass amounts of confusion. The forwarding of false WhatsApp voice clips, the circulation of false e-mails and the spreading of inaccurate information can muddy waters, making it hard separating fact from fiction. We take a look at the biggest myths doing their rounds and compare them to facts we have at hand:

Olympic champion Cameron Van Der Burgh has been keeping a low profile over the past two weeks and now, in a lengthy statement on Twitter, the swimmer has revealed that he has been battling the coronavirus COVID-19 and that South Africans need to do everything they can to help stop the spread of the virus around the country.

Crown the Empire guitarist Brandon Hoover didn't think much of the scratchy throat he got earlier in March when the band returned from a tour of Asia and South Africa, even though his timeline was beginning to fill up with reports of bands cancelling or postponing tours because of the coronavirus pandemic.After all, he's a fit 27-year-old Los Angeles resident who goes to the gym five times and week, and he figured it was just a bad cold.

South African producers are demanding an “urgent all-industry response” to the threat posed by coronavirus, with a leading industry body calling for a coordinated plan from broadcasters and government agencies to address the potential economic fallout of the global pandemic on the local film and TV biz.

As South Africa desperately tries to limit the spread of coronavirus, the ANCWL LGBTIQ+ Desk has urged the LGBTIQ+ community to take action to protect itself.

As the world continues to take drastic measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19, countries around the world have suggested that people stay at home as much as possible and practice social distancing. Furthermore, President Cyril Ramaphosa has banned gatherings of over 100 people around the country, amongst other regulations, in order to ensure South African citizens are as protected as possible.

More LGBTQ+ events have now been postponed because of the growing threat of coronavirus in South Africa.