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South Africa: Nation Failed to Get Its Act Together On Vaccines - Here's How
The Conversation Africa, 15 January 2021
South Africa has an estimated population approaching 60 million. To achieve herd immunity against COVID-19, the government recently set the ambitious goal of vaccinating 67% of the… Read more »
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South Africa: Minister Zweli Mkhize - Update On SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus Vaccine Rollout Strategy
Govt of SA, 7 January 2021
In line with our commitment to keep the public informed of developments relating to the vaccine rollout strategy, we wish to communicate recent developments of national importance. Read more »
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South Africa: South Africa Secures Covid-19 Vaccines
Daily Maverick, 7 January 2021
South Africa will receive one million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine in January 2021 and a further 500,000 doses in February. This comes after the state was criticised for its… Read more »
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South Africa: Vaccine Trial Leaders Dismiss Top Adviser's Claims They Could Have Secured SA Access
Daily Maverick, 7 January 2021
Researchers could have secured access to Covid-19 vaccine supplies when they agreed to conduct local clinical trials, SA's top vaccine adviser Professor Barry Schoub has argued.… Read more »
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South Africa: The Vaccine Cold Supply Chain Can't Reach Everywhere
New Frame, 7 January 2021
Many countries cannot accommodate vaccines that have to be kept at ultralow temperatures, creating a big problem for equitable Covid-19 vaccination. Read more »
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South Africa: Govt Turns to Medical Schemes to Co-Subsidise Vaccine
SAnews.gov.za, 7 January 2021
Health Minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize, says while the fiscus will carry the burden of procuring the COVID-19 vaccine aimed at preventing the further spread of the virus and loss of… Read more »
One Million Doses of Covid-19 Vaccine Secured for South Africa
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has confirmed that the nation will receive one million doses of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine in January 2021 and a further 500,000 doses in February in a deal struck with the Serum Institute of India. An estimated 1.25 million public and private frontline healthcare workers will be first in line to receive the vaccine, Mkhize said. This comes as the country faces a second wave of infections from a mutated strain of the novel coronavirus and the highest number of Covid-19-related deaths since July 2020.
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Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has confirmed that the nation recorded 21,832 new cases of Covid-19, and 844 deaths. This marks the deadliest 24-hour period for new Covid-19 ... Read more »
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Government has set a minimum target of 67% of the population to receive the Covid-19 vaccine in an effort to achieve herd immunity, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has said. Mkhize ... Read more »
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A new variant of the Sars-CoV-2 virus, which causes Covid-19, has been detected in South Africa, scientists have announced. Health Minister Zweli Mkhize and members of the ... Read more »
