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What to do about leaders spouting vaccine misinformation

Health Tian Johnson - 1 Mar 2021

Refuting lies about vaccines from people in leadership positions may be less about changing their minds and more about protecting those listening

Pregnant women should be vaccinated, doctors say

Coronavirus Chris Bateman - 25 Feb 2021

New research shows that there has been an increase in maternal deaths during the Covid-19 restriction

Eight things you need to know about the vaccine rollout

Coronavirus Chris Gilili - 25 Feb 2021

About 80 000 doses of the Johnson & Johnson Covid vaccine have arrived in South Africa out of the nine million procured — 300 000 to 500 000 are expected to arrive within two months

‘Held to ransom’: Pfizer demands governments gamble with state assets to secure vaccine deal

Health Madlen Davies, Rosa Furneaux, Iván Ruiz & Jill Langlois - 23 Feb 2021

Pfizer is accused of bullying Latin American governments by demanding they grant indemnity against potential civil claims relating to the vaccine

Volunteers on the Covid frontline

Health Lucas Ledwaba - 20 Feb 2021

Community healthcare workers are at the coalface in the battle against Covid-19 – and by offering primary healthcare to the poor – but they can barely afford to replace their well-worn shoes

How SA wants to sell the AstraZeneca vaccine for half the price and what the loss could be

Health Lizeka Tandwa & Chris Bateman - 16 Feb 2021

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize says selling on the vaccines will stem wasteful expenditure, but people close to the discussions with AU say they will be sold on the cheap

South Africa is offering its AstraZeneca vaccines to fellow African countries: Mkhize

Coronavirus Emsie Ferreira - 16 Feb 2021

Reselling the jabs will prevent money being wasted on a vaccine that is not particularly efficacious on the variant that is dominant in South Africa

16 sites on 17 February: Eight things you should know about SA’s J&J vaccine roll-out

Coronavirus Bhekisisa Team - 16 Feb 2021

Eighty thousand Johnson & Johnson jabs will arrive in South Africa on Tuesday and be taken to 16 sites where healthcare workers will be vaccinated

No silver bullet for Covid-19, but rather a cocktail

Health Philip Machanick - 14 Feb 2021

It is no good waiting for a vaccine or ivermectin or other miracle cures, we just need to do what we can do now

What does Mkhize have to say about the Cuban and Chinese vaccines?

Coronavirus Marcia Zali - 11 Feb 2021

South Africa could receive two million doses of the Coronavac vaccine from China, the health minister told parliament on Wednesday

Johnson & Johnson vaccines could arrive in South Africa next week

Coronavirus Bhekisisa Team - 10 Feb 2021

We spoke to experts, looked at the data and relistened to the health department’s briefings to break down the revised roll-out plan

Government must find alternatives to AstraZeneca vaccine, say unions

Coronavirus Marcia Zali - 9 Feb 2021

Unions representing healthcare workers advise members to get vaccinated despite AstraZeneca postponement

Jury still out on pregnant women getting a Covid jab

Coronavirus Chris Bateman - 9 Feb 2021

Few trials have been carried out on women expecting babies

Another Covid crisis: A vaccine apartheid endangering us all

Health Madlen Davies & Rosa Furneaux - 7 Feb 2021

The West bought billions of vaccines fast and cheap, leaving poorer nations paying through the nose for years to come

Most people with TB don’t seek treatment, HSRC survey finds

Health Marcia Zali - 6 Feb 2021

More men than women have tuberculosis and 82% are in the 15 to 24 age group

DA goes to court over government’s ‘tardy’ vaccine rollout strategy

Health Chris Gilili - 2 Feb 2021

Democratic Alliance drags the government to court, demanding a Covid-19 vaccination rollout plan.

Bill Gates, Big Pharma and entrenching the vaccine apartheid

Coronavirus Simon Allison - 30 Jan 2021

Waiving intellectual property restrictions on Covid-19 vaccines could help the developing world. But India and South Africa’s pleas are falling on deaf ears

The vaccines arrive on Monday: Who will protect them and who will get them first?

Coronavirus Chris Bateman - 29 Jan 2021

The first batch of vaccines is almost here, but a top government adviser says achieving herd immunity by the end of the year is ‘unrealistic’

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