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South Africa: Covid-19 - Crisp On the Challenges With SA's Vaccine Rollout
spotlight, 30 July 2021
Dr Nicholas Crisp is a deputy director-general in the National Department of Health and the person responsible for coordinating South Africa's COVID-19 vaccine rollout. Like so… Read more »
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South Africa: Vaccination Momentum Picks Up in SA
SAnews.gov.za, 2 August 2021
President Cyril Ramaphosa says he is encouraged that many South Africans see the need to be vaccinated against Coronavirus. Read more »
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South Africa: U.S. Donates Pfizer Vaccine Doses to SA
SAnews.gov.za, 2 August 2021
South Africa has received 2.8 million Pfizer vaccine doses from the United States as part of a donation that is set to boost the country's vaccination rollout campaign. Read more »
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South Africa: Journalists Encouraged to Vaccinate
SAnews.gov.za, 2 August 2021
The South African National Editors' Forum (SANEF), in partnership with the Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) and the National Department of Health, is calling… Read more »
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South Africa: Western Cape Health System in 'Eye of the Storm' As Infections Rise and Restrictions Relax
Daily Maverick, 29 July 2021
As the Western Cape battles the third wave of Covid-19 infections, the province's officials warn the public not to let their guard down following South Africa's move to Lockdown… Read more »
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South Africa: SA to Soon Administer Over 300,000 Covid-19 Vaccines a Day
SAnews.gov.za, 29 July 2021
Government is gearing up to administer over 300 000 COVID-19 vaccination inoculations a day, with an unprecedented amount of doses set to arrive in the country in the next coming… Read more »
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South Africa: SA Economy to Recover to Pre-Covid Levels in 2023
SAnews.gov.za, 28 July 2021
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni says the National Treasury now predicts that the South African economy will return to pre-COVID levels only in 2023. Read more »
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South Africa: Efforts to Vaccinate Homeless Populations Stonewalled By ID Red Tape
Daily Maverick, 28 July 2021
South Africa's Covid-19 vaccination programme currently requires that people enter an identity number when registering on government's electronic system and present an identity… Read more »
Covid-19 Vaccination Drive Gains Momentum in South Africa
President Cyril Ramaphosa has said that he is encouraged that many South Africans see the need to be vaccinated against the novel coronavirus. "Vaccines are safe. They are our best protection against this disease and the national vaccination programme is our surest guarantee of a swift health and economic recovery," the president said.
This comes as the South African National Editors' Forum (SANEF), in partnership with the Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) and the National Department of Health, called on all journalists to get their Covid-19 vaccination.
As of August 2, 2021, a total of 2,456,184 cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in the country of which 72,191 proved fatal and 2,230,871 resulted in recovery, while 5,921,627 vaccination doses have been administered, according to ncov19.live.
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President Cyril Ramaphosa said in an address to the nation that the overall decline in new Covid-19 infections meant it was possible to gradually ease some of the restrictions on gatherings, movement and the sale of alcohol. "Based on the recommendations of the Ministerial Advisory Committee on Covid-19, and inputs from the President's Coordinating Council, Cabinet... decided that the country should be moved from Adjusted Alert Level 4 and be placed on Adjusted Alert Level 3,"
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Pfizer and BioNTech have reached an agreement with a South African company to produce their COVID-19 vaccine for distribution in Africa, Voice of America reports. The Biovac Institute in Cape Town will manufacture 100 million doses of the vaccine annually, starting in 2022. The company will mix vaccine ingredients it receives from Europe, place them in vials and package them for distribution to the 54 countries in Africa.
The agreement may eventually help alleviate vaccine
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