Vaccine

South African case study sheds light on how vaccine manufacturing can be developed

The uneven availability of COVID-19 vaccines has become an increasingly urgent and vexatious issue. But managing the problem of what’s been labelled “vaccine nationalism” is proving a hard nut to crack. Shortages of medicines and vul...

David Richard Walwyn And Padmashree Gehl Sampath F·about 3 years ago

The DA Questions The National Treasury Regarding Vaccine Delay?

The Democratic Alliance (DA) calls on Minister of Finance, Tito Mboweni, to confirm or deny comments by Deputy Director General of Health, Anban Pillay, suggesting that the National Treasury was the primary culprit in delaying vaccine ac...

Phumzile Mavimbela·over 3 years ago

President Ramaphosa To Receive The First Batch Of Covid-19 Vaccine On Monday Afternoon.

President Cyril Ramaphosa and Deputy President David Mabuza, who chairs the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Vaccines, Will receive South Africa’s first consignment of COVID-19 vaccine this Monday afternoon. The President and Deputy P...

Phumzile Mavimbela·about 3 years ago

How South Africa is tracking adverse reactions to COVID-19 vaccines

South Africa has begun the second phase of its public vaccination campaign, targeting people aged 60 or older. The first vaccinations were given in February to health workers. So far almost 600,000 healthcare workers and members of the p...

Kerrigan McCarthy·almost 3 years ago

Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng’s Mistake and The Need for Correction!

South Africa is never short of drama and the past two weeks the country was for change gripped with a national debate stirred by the actions and views of Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng. For the past few works news about the vaccine, succe...

Musa Mdunge ·over 3 years ago

African Union secures 270 million COVID-19 vaccine doses from manufacturers.

The African Vaccine Acquisition Task Team (AVATT) has secured a provisional 270 million vaccine doses for African countries, with at least 50 million being available for the crucial period of April to June 2021. The vaccines will be su...

Phumzile Mavimbela·over 3 years ago

Ramaphosa Rolls Out Vaccine Strategy and Eases Lockdown Regulations.

South Africa received it's first  batch of Covid- 19  doses from India on Monday afternoon. Briefing  the nation on the development of fighting the pandemic, President Ramaphosa said governemnt has started working around it's roll out st...

Phumzile Mavimbela·about 3 years ago