Vaccine
Argentina health minister out over vaccine line-jumping
Health Minister Gines Gonzalez Garci stepped down after President Alberto Fernandez called on him to quit in the wake of the scandal.
Earlier this month, the DA approached the court wanting to declare government's conduct in preparing to administer the jabs as irrational and unconstitutional.
The healthcare institutions are part of the province’s 224 public vaccination sites.
During phase one, the province expects to administer the vaccine to an estimated 132,000 health care workers.
Russian-EU relations have suffered in recent weeks over the jailing of leading Kremlin opponent Alexi Navalny, after he returned to Russia from Germany where he was treated for poisoning with a Soviet-designed nerve agent.
The party said the few details on the vaccine strategy released by the minister of health are nothing but wishful thinking.
Government said it's secured over 20 million vaccine doses to be administered in the first half of the year.
Defence Minister Mohamed Diane, a scientist by training, was the first in the country to get a jab of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine on December 30.
"A heartfelt thanks to citizens and our national health service for the extraordinary response," wrote Conte on Facebook.
The sites include football stadiums and a horse racing course, and are located in cities including Bristol, London, Newcastle and Manchester.
The ANC's Gauteng provincial secretary said Africans should reject any vaccine that had not been developed on the continent and not tested over at least two to three years.
There's a race to secure a vaccine for the country as coronavirus cases and deaths continue to climb.
The Progressive Health Forum wants the head of South Africa's judiciary to be dismissed following statements in which he suggested that companies could be manufacturing satanic COVID-19 vaccines.
The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) on Monday gave an update on measures in place guiding the safe and effective rollout of COVID-19 vaccines in the country.
The start of the desperately awaited vaccine program coincided with several European countries announcing new lockdowns amid spiralling infections, highlighting the long road to ending the global pandemic.
Speaking on 14 December 2020, International Relations and Cooperation Minister Naledi Pandor said that the African Union has established a task team for Africa to ensure there are vaccines available for the continent. Pandor said “vaccine nationalism” was a problem, and that richer countries might try to hoard the medication.
The FDA issued an emergency use authorization for the two-dose regimen late on Friday night following reports President Donald Trump had threatened to fire the head of the agency if he didn't act that day.
Some people are nervous about taking the jab when it's eventually available in South Africa.
But even as the latest positive news about a vaccine was announced, with the Moderna candidate showing it confers immunity for at least three months, several countries marked new Covid-19 records.