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South Africa: Volunteers Tackle Covid-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in South Africa
VOA, 24 August 2021
Despite COVID-19 vaccine being available to all South African adults, uptake remains low with just 20% of adults having received a first dose. Read more »
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South Africa: SA Administers More Than 11 Million Covid-19 Vaccines
SAnews.gov.za, 25 August 2021
South Africa has now topped 11 million administered COVID-19 vaccines, as the country expands its national inoculation programme. Read more »
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South Africa: People Flock to Nelson Mandela Bay's Pop-Up Vaccine Sites
GroundUp, 23 August 2021
Hundreds of residents in Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality, 18 years and older, streamed to pop-up sites on the weekend to get vaccinated against Covid-19. Read more »
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South Africa: Health Department Takes Vaccination Drive to Taxi Rank
GroundUp, 23 August 2021
To boost its vaccination numbers KZN is trying various initiatives including drive-through vaccine sites Read more »
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South Africa: Jab for the Job - Can an Employer Legally Require Its Employees to Be Vaccinated? (II)
Daily Maverick, 22 August 2021
In Part One of this series we addressed whether the government is constitutionally able to require everyone, not just workers, to be vaccinated against the Covid-19 virus. We spelt… Read more »
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South Africa: Promoting Covid-19 Vaccine Boosters Before Equitable Access for All Is Unethical
Daily Maverick, 22 August 2021
The avarice and unethical behaviour of Big Pharma, with the complicity of several governments in the Global North, is entrenching vaccine nationalism, deepening vaccine inequity… Read more »
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South Africa: Northern Cape Hit By Rising Covid-19 Infections in Schools
SAnews.gov.za, 23 August 2021
The Northern Cape Department of Education is experiencing a resurgence of COVID-19 infections in schools, as the province continues to be hit by rising cases. Read more »
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South Africa: Health Minister Concerned About Rising New Covid-19 Infections
SAnews.gov.za, 20 August 2021
Health Minister, Dr Joe Phaahla, has since thanked all South Africans for cooperating with government in the containment of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more »
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South Africa: On a Roll-Out - Mobile Vaccine Sites to Be Piloted in SA's Hotspot Provinces
Daily Maverick, 20 August 2021
The sites are aimed at boosting vaccination numbers in Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape where infections are rising again. Read more »