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South Africa: Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-Out - a Dream Deferred?
Africa In Fact, 15 April 2021
On Tuesday 13 April, Health Minister Dr Zwelini Mkhize announced the suspension of the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) vaccine roll-out to healthcare workers over fears of blood… Read more »
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South Africa: What's Next for the Johnson & Johnson Vaccine?
Daily Maverick, 14 April 2021
Over the next few days, the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority, the South African Medical Research Council and the Department of Health will decide how to proceed… Read more »
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South Africa: Rollout of Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Temporarily Suspended - Health Minister
Govt of SA, 13 April 2021
Statement by the Minister of Health, Dr Zwelini Mkhize, on the FDA's Temporary Suspension of Johnson and Johnson vaccine rollout in the United States. Read more »
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South Africa: South Africa Suspends Use of J&J Vaccine, 'Hopefully for Only a Few Days'
Daily Maverick, 13 April 2021
Minister of Health Dr Zweli Mkhize has provisionally suspended the use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine in South Africa while regulators investigate a possible link between the… Read more »
Following U.S. Move, South Africa Halts Use of Covid-19 Vaccine
South African Minister of Health Dr Zweli Mkhize has announced that the country will suspend the use of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine as a precautionary measure, but says he is hopeful that it will only be for a few days. The announcement comes after the United States Food and Drug Administration suspended use of the vaccination pending a review of a possible causal link with a rare type of blood clot in the brain that was reported in six women in the U.S. The six reported cases were among more than 6.8 million doses of the J&J vaccine administered in the U.S., CNN reports. In South Africa, the vaccine has already been administered to about 290,000 health workers in South Africa as part of an early access programme called the Sisonke Protocol.
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South African Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has announced that the second phase of the country's vaccination rollout will begin on May 17, 2021. Mkhize added that the country ... Read more »
South African Minister of Health Zweli Mkhize receives the coronavirus vaccine at the Khayelitsha District Hospital, Western Cape on February 16, 2021.
