It’s another momentous day for science, as the COVID-19 vaccine produced by Oxford University and AstraZeneca has gained usage approval in the UK.
The Democratic Alliance (DA) said South Africans deserve to know the truth about government’s plans for a COVID-19 vaccine
Ramaphosa announced that those who fail to adhere to the face mask laws face the possibility of arrest, fines, and even imprisonment.
Government is confident that South Africa will be among the “first countries in the world” to receive the vaccine when it becomes available.
The global caseload exceeded 80 million confirmed cases since the start of the pandemic, which resulted in more than 1.7 million deaths.
It may be a few days behind schedule, but South Africa has made a vital payment to the COVAX initiative – gaining vital access to millions of vaccines.
Finance minister Tito Mboweni also said he would draft in EFF leader Julius Malema ‘to deal with the DA.’
The DA will be requesting hat Parliament’s Ethics Committee investigate the apparent mistruths put forth about the COVID-19 vaccine.
The COVAX vaccine initiative requested payment of R327 million from SA by 15 December, but government has yet to transfer funds.
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“We were informed that the agency has been subject to a cyber-attack and that some documents relating to the regulatory submission for Pfizer and BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine candidate”, as per BioNTech’s statement.
Photos of a 90-year-old Margaret Keenan receiving the world’s first Covid-19 vaccine should be an enduring image of hope for billions.
Ramaphosa said that we can expect a vaccine by ‘the second quarter of 2021″ and assured South Africans that funding is being urgently sought.
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Ramaphosa assured the public that government is doing its utmost to ensure that a vaccine, when available, will be widely distributed to all.
It’s the one surefire way out of this COVID-19 nightmare – but a clerical error may have seriously hampered South Africa’s ability to secure a vaccine.
Despite having indicated its intention to join global health initiative Covax, SA has yet to outline how the vaccine will be distributed.
South Africa paid Covax R500 Million for vaccine access, Finance minister Tito Mboweni said.
The COVID-19 response team is hoping at least 20% of populations in Africa receive vaccines, “starting with the most vulnerable”.
South Africa has the highest case numbers of COVID-19 on the continent. The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is one of 11 coronavirus vaccines now in late-stage trials.
Despite hosting trials for several COVID-19 vaccine frontrunners, South Africa seems to have ‘slipped behind’ other nations in the procurement race.
President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed the nation on Wednesday, 11 November 2020, giving an update on the country’s efforts to counter the spread of COVID-19
We’ve had a major breakthrough in the fight against coronavirus: More than a billion doses of this highly-effective vaccine will be made available in 2021.