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‘Delta blues to Delta variant’: Eric Clapton’s ‘disastrous’ vaccination [listen]

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Why AstraZeneca vaccines *could* make a dramatic comeback in SA

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Covid-19 Vaccine Latest: Safety concerns and reactions

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‘Delta blues to Delta variant’: Eric Clapton’s ‘disastrous’ vaccination [listen]

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Why AstraZeneca vaccines *could* make a dramatic comeback in SA

COVID-19 VACCINE
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Covid-19 Vaccine Latest: Safety concerns and reactions

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Mkhize: SA refunded for 500 000 undelivered AstraZeneca vaccines

By Thabo Baloyi08-04-2021 17:13

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has been criticised for his handling of the rollout, including in the acquiring of the AstraZeneca vaccine

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Fake COVID-19 vaccines and passports sold on the black market

By Nokwanda Ncwane23-03-2021 15:17

Fake COVID-19 vaccines and passports have been discovered on the dark web after advertisements skyrocketed 300% in three months.

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Just in: South Africa sells its supply of one million AstraZeneca vaccines

By Tom Head21-03-2021 17:17

South Africa waved goodbye to one million COVID-19 vaccines this week, after controversially deeming the AstraZeneca supply ‘surplus to requirements’.

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WHO urges countries not to suspend AstraZeneca rollout

By Thabo Baloyi16-03-2021 09:20

There have been reports of a number of people in Europe suffering blood clots and in some instances even dying after receiving the AstraZeneca vaccine

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Pretoria to donate 1m AstraZeneca vaccines to AU as Zimbabwe reports SA strain now ‘dominant’ there

By Riyaz Patel17-02-2021 05:45

The health ministry also rejected reports that SA had asked the Serum Institute to take back the million doses that arrived at the start of the month, as reported by Indian newspaper The Economic Times.

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SA asks India to ‘take back’ our one million AstraZeneca vaccines – report

By Tom Head16-02-2021 09:04

The South African Government has admitted defeat with its AstraZeneca vaccines, and one million doses will now be shipped back to India.

Expiring AstraZeneca vaccine h
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Expiring AstraZeneca vaccine headache far worse than what government is letting on – report

By Riyaz Patel14-02-2021 16:48

It cost South Africa R78 million to procure the Oxford/AstraZeneca shots.

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SA to receive 500 000 J&J vaccine doses in a month – Ramaphosa

By Thabo Baloyi12-02-2021 06:37

President Cyril Ramaphosa used part of his State of the Nation Address (Sona) to further detail government’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout plans

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Government knew about AstraZeneca’s expiry date – Mkhize

By Thabo Baloyi10-02-2021 08:46

Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize has said that the April expiry date for the AstraZeneca vaccine was not discovered by accident

Zweli Mkhize Covid-19 third wave
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‘Mkhize should pay R120m bill for AstraZeneca jabs from his own pocket’ – MP

By Tom Head10-02-2021 07:46

The ANC’s procurement of one million AstraZeneca vaccines has been roundly lambasted: But could it land Zweli Mkhoze with an almighty bill?

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AstraZeneca’s ineffectiveness in SA ‘concerning’ – WHO

By Thabo Baloyi09-02-2021 09:21

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers must adjust to the evolution of the virus taking into account the latest variant

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W. Cape braced for third wave – which may arrive ‘before vaccine rollout’

By Tom Head08-02-2021 18:10

Alan Winde isn’t feeling bright and breezy: SA’s AstraZeneca vaccines were put on hold, and he says the Western Cape is now ‘bracing for a third wave’.

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SA’s COVID-19 vaccine blunder – what happens next?

By Thabo Baloyi08-02-2021 06:56

Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize has said government would forge ahead with the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, but would halt jabs of the AstraZeneca drug

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AstraZeneca latest: Why there is ‘no need to fear’ SA’s vaccine setback

By Tom Head08-02-2021 06:00

After an unfavourable set of results derailed the rollout of the AstraZeneca vaccine in SA, it’s worth noting that the situation is far from hopeless.

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SA’s AstraZeneca vaccine shipment expires in April

By Riyaz Patel08-02-2021 00:51

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said Sunday that scientists needed to complete further studies on the efficacy of the jabs on the SA variant, and therefore, the roll out of the AstraZeneca shots has been placed on hold.

AstraZeneca Covid shot far les
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AstraZeneca Covid shot far less effective against SA strain, Wits/Oxford study shows

By Riyaz Patel07-02-2021 08:30

Tulio de Oliveira, who heads the Network for Genomic Surveillance in South Africa, told the Financial Times the findings were a “wake-up call to control the virus and increase the response to Covid-19 in the world”.

Medical schemes differ on vacc
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Medical schemes differ on vaccine funding model for uninsured South Africans

By Riyaz Patel30-01-2021 05:30

More than 80% of South Africa’s population of roughly 60 million are not covered by medical aid schemes.

Profit before people: AstraZen
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Profit before people: AstraZeneca charging SA more than double what EU pays for Covid-19 Vaccine

By Riyaz Patel23-01-2021 03:48

Oxford-AstraZeneca charges EU nations $2.16 (R32.73) for each shot, but South Africa must pay $5.25 (R79.56) for the same vaccine.

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AstraZeneca vs Pfizer vs Johnson & Johnson: Which vaccine is cheapest?

By Tom Head20-01-2021 11:06

The African Union has secured a massive consigment of vaccines this week: Here’s what they had to pay to AstraZeneca, Pfizer, and Johnson & Johnson.

‘World’s largest’ Covid-19 vac
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‘World’s largest’ Covid-19 vaccination drive underway in India amid concerns over home-grown Covaxin

By Riyaz Patel16-01-2021 18:18

India aims to vaccinate 300 million people by July, though it could take an additional two or more years to inoculate all nearly 1.4 billion Indians. Hospitals and clinics have been rehearsing for weeks.

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SA testing vaccines on local variant – Report

By Riyaz Patel10-01-2021 09:00

The new variant has driven a resurgence in infections in South Africa, taking total cases to more than 1.17 million – the most in Africa.

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