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South Africa pauses Covid-19 vaccine rollout after disappointing AstraZeneca results
SA’s one-million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine will expire by early April — unless India’s Serum Institute can safely extend their use-by date.
Booze ban likely to be lifted — with limits
President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to announce that alcohol can be sold — but with restriction — when he addresses the nation on Monday evening
First AstraZeneca-vaccines arrive in South Africa
The first one million AstraZeneca-vaccines were welcomed at OR Tambo International Airport
The barcoding gap: Can South Africa protect its Covid jabs from crime?
Full track and traceability of Covid-19 jabs won’t happen during South Africa’s vaccine roll-out, as the health department has not yet adopted the “overarching” system that would…
Patents a litmus test for global vaccine rollout
As India and South Africa push for relief at the World Trade Organisation through intellectual property rights waivers, India’s history of getting concessions may be the…
Secured: 1.5mn doses of Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine
Just days after Minister Zweli Mkhize came under fire for the government’s apparent slow take on securing the vaccine, he announced to Parliament that the first batch of dosages…
Khaya Sithole: The perils of vaccine nationalism
If distribution of the eventual Covid-19 vaccine occurs along economic and political lines, all countries will remain at risk