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South Africa to Receive First Consignment of Covid-19 Vaccine

The first shipment of one million doses of the Oxford University-AstraZeneca vaccine from the Serum Institute of India, will be received by President Cyril Ramaphosa and Deputy President David Mabuza at OR Tambo International Airport. The presidency said this marks the start of the vaccine rollout, which President Ramaphosa has described as the largest and most complex logistical vaccine undertaking in South Africa's history. As of February 1, 2021, the country recorded 1,453,761 cases of Covid-19 of which 44,164 proved fatal and 1,299,620 resulted in recoveries.

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South Africa: SA to Receive First Consignment of Covid-19 Vaccine

SAnews.gov.za, 1 February 2021

President Cyril Ramaphosa and Deputy President David Mabuza, who chairs the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Vaccines, will today receive South Africa's first consignment of the… Read more »
Africa: African Countries United in Covid-19 Response - President

SAnews.gov.za, 1 February 2021

President Cyril Ramaphosa has described the COVID-19 pandemic as a health, humanitarian, social and economic crisis, which African countries are responding to collectively. Read more »
South Africa: President Ramaphosa to Receive First Consignment of Covid-19 Vaccine

Govt of SA, 31 January 2021

President Cyril Ramaphosa and Deputy President David Mabuza, who chairs the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Vaccines, will tomorrow, 01 February 2021, receive South Africa's first… Read more »