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South Africa: Pfizer Vaccine Hits SA Shores
SAnews.gov.za, 3 May 2021
The country's vaccination programme on Sunday reached a welcomed milestone with Health Minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize, announcing the arrival of the first batch of the Pfizer… Read more »
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South Africa: Minister On the Arrival of Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 Vaccines
Govt of SA, 2 May 2021
It gives me great pleasure to announce that the first batch of Pfizer vaccines (325 260 doses) will land at OR Tambo International Airport on Sunday 2 May 2021 at 23.45 CAT. Read more »
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South Africa: Basic Education Under the Spotlight As Schools Reopen
SAnews.gov.za, 3 May 2021
School safety will come under the microscope when Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga and MECs meet to discuss matters affecting the sector this week. Read more »
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South Africa: Long Queues At Post Offices As Activists Picket for Covid-19 Grant Extension
GroundUp, 30 April 2021
"I do not even have money to go back home if I don't get paid today. I am hungry" says hopeful beneficiary Read more »
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South Africa: Social Relief Distress Grant Comes to an End
SAnews.gov.za, 30 April 2021
The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) has issued a reminder that the R350 Special COVID-19 Social Relief of Distress Grant for unemployed people, comes to an end on 30… Read more »
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South Africa: Sassa On Ending of Special Covid-19 Social Relief of Distress '350 Grant'
Govt of SA, 29 April 2021
The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) is reminding clients that the Special COVID-19 Social Relief of Distress ("350 Grant") comes to an end tomorrow, Friday 30 April… Read more »
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South Africa: Why South Africa Faces Vaccine Rollout Delay
East African, 29 April 2021
South Africa's Covid-19 inoculation programme is facing imminent delays, derailing a programme that was meant to run smoothly with a target of vaccinating most of the priority… Read more »
Minister Welcomes Arrival of Pfizer Vaccines in South Africa
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has said that the country's vaccination programme reached a welcomed milestone with the arrival of 325,260 doses of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine at the OR Tambo International Airport. Following this initial delivery of the Pfizer vaccines, Mkhize said government was expecting approximately the same number of doses to arrive on a weekly basis to a total of over 1.3 million doses by the end of May 2021.
The vaccine's arrival comes as Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga and MECs met to discuss the possibility of primary school learners returning to classes on a full-time basis. As of May 3, 2021, South Africa recorded 1,584,064 confirmed cases of Covid-19 of which 122,318 proved fatal and 4,119,191 resulted in recovery.
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As of August 21, 2022, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 12,126,067 while 373,195,217 vaccinations have been administered across ... Read more »
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Professor Salim Abdool Karim has been appointed to the newly formed World Health Organisation (WHO) Science Council. According to the South African Medical Research Council ... Read more »
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Health Minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize, has said that government is hoping to inoculate 46.2 million South Africans by March 2022. However, this is provided the country receives the ... Read more »
Infographic detailing the Pfizer, Moderna, and AstraZeneca vaccines (file photo).
