Key Figure in South Africa’s Fight against HIV Succumbs to Coronavirus

Renowned South African scientist Professor Gita Ramjee has died after suffering COVID-19-related complications. Ramjee died on Tuesday at a hospital in Durban. It’s understood she had complications arising from asthma and pneumonia. Ramjee, a vaccine scientist and an HIV prevention researcher, had returned from London where she had been presenting at a symposium at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine last week but reportedly showed no symptoms of the coronavirus. Members of the scientific fraternity and local activists have shared their praises for the researcher. At the time of her death, Ramjee worked at Aurum Institute, a global healthcare organization which aims to prevent and eradicate HIV and tuberculosis. The institute’s Kanya Ndaki said that the chief scientific officer was a bold and compassionate leader in the response to HIV.

Source – africa.com