The health agency's regional director, Doctor Matshidiso Moeti, has spoken out against vaccine hoarding by some well-off countries.
Corruption Watch's David Lewis said that the entire process was vulnerable to graft.
In an interview with Eyewitness News, Premier Stan Mathabatha said Limpopo faced some challenges with conspiracy theories and his public immunisation would allay people’s fears.
South Africa was left scrambling to source COVID-19 vaccines after failing to timeously place orders with manufacturers.
President Ramaphosa said that his government wanted to support black businesses but he added that with government taking on the role of leading, not only negotiations, but the purchasing of vaccines, it was likely that most would not benefit from the procurement processes.
Government has already come under fire for not engaging early enough with vaccine suppliers or planning the roll-out of its vaccination campaign properly.
These are just some of the details revealed by the national Health Department’s Dr Aquina Thulare during the African National Congress’ progressive business forum engagement on Tuesday.
He has reiterated previous comments that the availability of vaccines will be a major boost for the country’s efforts, once again insisting that financing will not be a problem in the bid to acquire the necessary doses.
National Treasury has suggested that higher taxes could be one way of financing the vaccines, which are critical for saving lives.
He made this announcement earlier on Tuesday during his talks with the African National Congress’ professional business forum.
But when schools reopen in February and when the first vaccines arrive, the ANC wants teachers to be prioritised like other frontline workers.
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni will be delivering his budget speech next month and there are concerns that taxes might be raised at a time when citizens are already on a financial cliff.
Professor Karim said that the vaccines that had been made available had not been found to be effective against the new variant.
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said that prioritising taxi drivers would assist the country to reach herd immunity through vaccination.
WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus denounced the "me-first" attitude of wealthy nations and also blasted vaccine manufacturers for chasing regulatory approval in rich countries rather than submitting their data to the WHO to green-light vaccine use globally.
Party leader John Steenhuisen will on Monday outline the court challenge.
India's COVID-19 vaccination drive had a successful start with more than 190,000 people receiving their first jabs and no one hospitalised for major side effects.
Pfizer said the modifications at the Puurs factory were necessary in order to ramp up its production capacity from mid-February of the vaccine developed with Germany's BioNTech.
