SOLD TO 14 AFRICAN COUNTRIES
(*14*)South African Well being Minister Zweli Mkhize introduced that South Africa has sold 1 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine to 14 African countries.
(*14*)Mkhize said that the primary vaccine sequence distributed will profit 9 African Union member countries, and the remaining doses will likely be collected this week and delivered to 5 extra countries.
(*14*)A examine by the College of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg identified that the AstraZeneca vaccine has “restricted” efficacy in opposition to the South African mutation of the coronavirus.
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WHO DECLARED THAT ASTRAZENECA CAN BE USED AGAINST MUTATIONS
(*14*)The federal government, alternatively, suspended the use of the vaccine after the analysis. The World Well being Group (WHO) continues to state that the AstraZeneca vaccine can be utilized in all countries and in opposition to all mutations.
(*14*)Whereas South Africa orders vaccines from Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer, it plans to vaccinate two-thirds of its inhabitants in opposition to coronavirus with these orders. Nevertheless, solely 183 thousand doses of vaccine have been administered throughout the nation thus far.
(*14*)The full quantity of circumstances in South Africa reached 1 million 537 thousand 852, and the full loss of life reached 52 thousand 111.
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