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Mnangagwa: Zim to start vaccinating citizens this week
Frontline health workers will be among the first to receive doses of the Sinopharm vaccine, which arrived early on Monday morning.
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SA to receive 80,000 J&J vaccine jabs and then scale up rollout - Gray
Professor Glenda Gray added that the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) still had to put its stamp of approval for commercial use on the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine.
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SA's phase 1 COVID-19 vaccination rollout to continue with Johnson & Johnson vaccine
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said that phase one of the coronavirus vaccination rollout would continue with the Johnson & Johnson vaccine fron next week after the AstraZeneca vaccine was found to be less effective against the 501Y.V2 variant. Mkhize was at a briefing on Wednesday. #COVID19 #SAVaccine #ZweliMkhize
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Govt evaluating Sputnik V vaccine, mulls China's Sinopharm offer - Mkhize
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize will speak to the World Health Organization (WHO) in another attempt to figure out how government can still use the AstraZeneca vaccine after a study confirmed that it offered minimal protection against mild to moderate symptoms of the second variant.
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Mkhize expects phase 1 of COVID-19 vaccine rollout to begin next week
The Johnson & Johnson vaccine will be used in phase one when healthcare workers will be lining up for those jabs, as well as the Pfizer inoculations.
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AstraZeneca vaccine can still prevent severe disease - Gavi Vaccine Alliance
The global health body said the AstraZeneca vaccine could still prevent severe disease, hospitalisations and death even though its efficacy to immunise against the second strain in South Africa was much lower.
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WHO expresses concerns on AstraZeneca vaccine findings
The World Health Organization held a briefing on the latest findings on the AstraZeneca Vaccine on 9 February 2021. #Covid19news #Vaccines #AstraZeneca
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EXPLAINED: AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine efficacy and expiry dates
How can government extend a vaccine expiry date? Why didn't government know sooner it wasn't working? Your AstraZeneca vaccine questions answered.
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SA turns to J&J vaccine to begin COVID-19 immunisation programme
Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine is effective against the South African variant of the virus.
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WHO says don't dismiss AstraZeneca shot after SA delays jabs
In South Africa, alarm was raised when a trial at Johannesburg's University of Witwatersrand concluded the AstraZeneca vaccine provided only "minimal" protection against mild to moderate OVID-19 caused by the variant first detected in South Africa.
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PSA: Govt must go to India and get back the money paid for vaccines
The association said South Africans could not afford to wait any longer for its citizens to be vaccinated.
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SA's AstraZeneca vaccine rollout on hold; J&J vaccine effective against variant
On Sunday evening, 8 February 2021, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize held a webinar with experts to update the nation on COVID-19 vaccines in South Africa. #COVID19news #AstraZeneca #Vaccines
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It would be reckless for SA to discard AstraZeneca vaccines - Mahdi
The rollout of that particular vaccine has been put on ice for the time being after early data showed that the AstraZeneca inoculation gave minimal protection against mild-to-moderate infection caused by the dominant variant.
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SA considering inoculations with 2 different COVID-19 vaccines - Madhi
Wits University professor, Shabir Madhi, said that studies on this method were already under way in the United Kingdom.
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J&J vaccine effective against COVID-19 variant - Glenda Gray
Professor Glenda Gray said that over the next few days, a plan would be announced to expedite the rollout of the vaccine locally.
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SA halts rollout of AstraZeneca vaccine over efficacy against second variant
Early scientific data released on Sunday revealed that the vaccine offered 'minimal protection' against mild disease for people infected with the second variant of the coronavirus discovered at the end of last year.
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China approves second domestic COVID-19 vaccine
The vaccine has already been rolled out to key groups at higher risk of exposure to coronavirus but Saturday's approval allows for its use on the general public.
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WHO urges EU, Big Pharma unity as J&J seeks US vaccine approval
Pressure is growing not only on wealthy nations to speed up their stuttering rollouts, but also for a more equitable allocation of precious vaccine supplies to poorer countries.
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'There was no trust': Apartheid ghosts stalk SA's vaccine fears
Scepticism and suspicion have fed into a flurry of unsubstantiated conspiracy theories about the coronavirus pandemic.
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WC govt confident systems in place and ready for COVID-19 vaccine rollout
The vaccines will be rolled out in three separate phases and will start with healthcare workers.
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1 year later: COVID-19 discrimination towards SA Chinese community
In early 2020, just before the COVID-19 pandemic reached South African shores, discrimination against Chinese people was rampant in Africa as a result of racial stereotypes. A year later, things have changed. Eyewitness News visited Cyrildene to find out how things have changed for the Chinese community in South Africa. #COVID19news #Discrimination
