Safety and efficacy data of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, recently published in the 'New England Journal of Medicine', found that a second dose of the jab offered up to 82% protection.
Addressing the second Global Summit on COVID-19 on Thursday, President Cyril Ramaphosa has urged nations to also buy vaccines from Africa.
The Health Department will be in the inner city hoping to convince those who have not yet received their COVID-19 jab to roll up their sleeves.
The South African Medical Association (Sama) has encouraged government to ramp up the country's vaccination drive.
A proper court pronouncement on mandatory COVID-19 vaccination would give greater clarity on the technical aspects of the issue, labour law expert Aadil Patel said.
This will be the first shipment of the J&J jab under the 'humanitarian buffer,' a stock of vaccines managed by Covax, the international scheme aimed at ensuring vaccine access for poorer countries.
Infectious diseases specialist, Doctor Richard Lessels, said that there was still a lot of uncertainty around the trajectory of the pandemic.
The organisation, which represents students and staff in universities across the country, is preparing a class-action lawsuit against several institutions over what it called the 'irrational, medically unjustified, and unlawful COVID19 vaccination policy'.
Nearly 32 million coronavirus shots have so far been administered in the country since last February.
The institution said that a member could access all campuses if fully vaccinated, but if they did not want to take the jab, they would have to continue with online services.
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The Health Department has announced that adults who have received one dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine will be eligible to receive a booster dose of either the same vaccine or Pfizer after an interval of three months.
Even though she's tested for the coronavirus at least eight times before, 44-year-old Sister Zoliswa Gidi-Dyosi said that all her results had come back negative.
Novak Djokovic was asked in an interview with the BBC, published on Tuesday, if he would sacrifice taking part in events such as Wimbledon and the French Open over his stance on the vaccine.
The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (Sahpra) has given the go-ahead for the jab to be used in the country.
South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (Sahpra) spokesperson, Yuven Gounden, said that the regulator had received all the required data on the Sinopharm jab to enable full registration.
Children will be heading back on a full-time basis after last week's Cabinet decision ended rotational learning.
Anti-vaxxers are fighting for special privilege on the basis of poor science and want the privilege associated with the coronavirus vaccine without having to vaccinate, says Charles Webster.
