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Limpopo premier hopes his public inoculation will quell COVID-19 vaccine fears
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.
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Health Dept says it is working to pay affordable rates for COVID-19 vaccines
South Africa was left scrambling to source COVID-19 vaccines after failing to timeously place orders with manufacturers.
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Ramaphosa urges black businesses to participate in COVID-19 vaccine rollout
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.
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Economists question govt's failure to plan for COVID-19 vaccine funding
Government has already come under fire for not engaging early enough with vaccine suppliers or planning the roll-out of its vaccination campaign properly.
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SANDF, SAPS to guard sites where COVID-19 vaccine set to be administered
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.
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Ramaphosa: SA can beat COVID-19
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.
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Economists warn govt against further tax hikes to pay for COVID vaccines
National Treasury has suggested that higher taxes could be one way of financing the vaccines, which are critical for saving lives.
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Ramaphosa announces inter-ministerial committee to facilitate vaccine rollout
He made this announcement earlier on Tuesday during his talks with the African National Congress’ professional business forum.
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ANC MPs want teachers to be among the first to get COVID-19 vaccine
But when schools reopen in February and when the first vaccines arrive, the ANC wants teachers to be prioritised like other frontline workers.
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Treasury considering taxing SA taxpayers to pay for COVID-19 vaccines
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.
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Karim: No scientific proof that COVID-19 vaccines effective against new variant
Professor Karim said that the vaccines that had been made available had not been found to be effective against the new variant.
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Taxi drivers, teachers, cops to be prioritised for COVID-19 vaccine - Mkhize
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said that prioritising taxi drivers would assist the country to reach herd immunity through vaccination.
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World facing 'catastrophic' moral failure on vaccines: WHO chief
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.
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DA eyes legal action over govt's COVID-19 vaccine plan
Party leader John Steenhuisen will on Monday outline the court challenge.
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India hails 'life saving' COVID-19 vaccine rollout
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.
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Blow to global vaccine drive as Pfizer delays deliveries
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.
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WC govt’s plan to acquire addition vaccine doses to 'help national efforts'
Premier Alan Winde and health officials have this week told the provincial legislature that additional vaccines would be procured for the Western Cape.
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Nigeria to receive 10 million vaccine doses in March
The statement did not specify which type of vaccine would be used for the 10 million doses.
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Ramaphosa: Treasury will make sure money is available for COVID-19 vaccine
President Cyril Ramaphosa said that the country would get 20 million vaccines from a variety of suppliers including Pfizer, AstraZeneca as well as Johnson & Johnson.
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ICPA, govt in talks to set up 20,000 more sites for COVID-19 vaccine rollout
The first million doses of Oxford- AstraZeneca’s vaccines from India are expected to land on home soil sometime this month. They will be exclusively allocated to health care workers.
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Pope Francis, ex-pope Benedict get virus vaccines: Vatican
It had already been reported that Francis, 84, had received the jab on Wednesday, the first day of the Vatican's vaccination drive, but officials declined to confirm the news.
