Coronavirus vaccine
Canada approves AstraZeneca COVID vaccine
Ottawa has ordered 20 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine, developed with Oxford University, and two million shots of the same formula made by the Serum...
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Makhura: Gauteng’s 16,800 vaccines to be administered by end of today
Makhura had been visiting the Baragwanath Academic Hospital in Soweto on Friday to monitor the progress made on the vaccination program.
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Ntshavheni: 20 million COVID vaccine doses to arrive from March
Acting Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni told a post Cabinet briefing on Friday the first doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine were being administered to healthcare workers in both the public and private sectors.
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SAHPRA to evaluate Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine data for possible use in SA
The Health Department said that the company developing the inoculation had submitted documentation for registration in the country.
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SA aims to vaccinate one million by end of March
Since 17 February 2021, around 32,000 healthcare workers have received vaccinations developed by Johnson & Johnson.
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Slow vaccine rollout could hamper SA’s economic recovery – Treasury
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni and Treasury officials have been briefing Parliament's finance and appropriations committee on the 2021 budget on Thursday.
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Mkhize appeals to political parties to not politicise vaccine rollout
Mkhize on Thursday afternoon addressed the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) about the vaccine rollout.
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Sierra Leone to receive 200,000 virus vaccine doses
The West African nation's official infection rate is far below that of the West, having recorded 3,880 cases since March, and 79 deaths.
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SAA flight en route to Belgium to collect second batch of J&J COVID-19 vaccines
The next batch will arrive in South Africa on Saturday and will push the total number of doses received in the first phase of government's rollout program to 160,000.
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Science Minister Nzimande outlines govt plan to boost scientific research in SA
His department has so far spent R69.4 million funding COVID-19 research and innovation. About 21 projects are sustained through this investment.
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Govt to pull together all resources to pay for vaccine roll-out - Mboweni
Treasury has stressed the importance of a smooth vaccine roll-out, with no stops and starts to break the cycle of a surge in infections and lockdowns to curb them.
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Israel adopts law allowing names of unvaccinated to be shared
The law gives local governments, the director general of the education ministry and some in the welfare ministry the right to receive the names, addresses and phone numbers of unvaccinated citizens.
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Treasury to allocate extra R7bn for provision of vaccine procurement
In his budget speech earlier on Wednesday, Finance Minister Tito Mboweni announced additional funds for the country’s vaccination campaign.
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R10bn for vaccines & no tax hikes - Mboweni delivers 2021 Budget Speech
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni delivered his much-anticipated hybrid Budget speech on 24 February 2021 in Parliament where he assured South Africans that there would be no tax increases.
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Strict protocols in place for administering of J&J vaccine - WC Health Dept
Through this platform, more than 32,000 health workers in South Africa had already been inoculated since the programme was launched a week ago.
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SA has placed ‘large orders’ of vaccines with Pfizer, J&J – Mkhize
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said that the government was also looking at procuring Russia’s Sputnik vaccine and the Chinese vaccines, Sinopharm and Sinovac, with non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) already signed with most leading manufacturers.
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Mboweni expected to detail COVID-19 vaccine compensation plan in Budget speech
During his budget speech on Wednesday afternoon, Finance Minister Tito Mboweni is expected to detail govt plans to compensate those who suffer adverse reaction to COVID-19 vaccination.
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Ramaphosa: Rich countries need to donate COVID vaccines to African countries
He was delivering a virtual address to the Global Citizen movement on Tuesday.
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80,000 doses of J&J COVID-19 vaccine expected to land in SA on Saturday - Mkhize
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has told members of Parliament on Tuesday afternoon that at least 23,000 healthcare workers have so far been inoculated.
