Currently, a booster shot of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine is only being administered to health care workers under the Sisonke Study
More than 477 000 healthcare workers were administered the J&J vaccine at the start of the trial back in February
Johnson & Johnson is facing another lawsuit – this time for
claims that the the pharmaceutical giant’s talcum powder causes ovarian cancer.
Now that’s a shot in the arm. Mzansi’s Sisonke vaccine trial has confirmed that the Johnson & Johnson vaccine can severely blunt ‘breakthrough infections’.
South Africa will receive 300 000 J&J doses after the US FDA declared two batches of vaccine safe on Friday. The regulator continues to investigate potential contamination at a manufacturing plant in Baltimore.
South Africa DOES have the jabs, and shouldn’t be afraid to use them: That’s the message from WHO, as a batch of Johnson & Johnson vaccines remain unused.
Thousands of health care workers got their Covid-19 vaccine at the hospital, although many waited all day in long queues.
Hundreds of healthcare, municipal, insurance and other workers queued at St Augustines Hospital for the Covid-19 vaccine.
Despite the several delays, Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize assured South Africans they’re on track to vaccinating 40 million citizens
The European Medicines Agency has noted that the link between the blood clots and the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine is probable but unproven.
South Africa has suspended the rollout of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine over potential blood clot risks reported by the United States.
One of SA’s top thrombosis experts has slammed the decision to pause the Johnson & Johnson vaccine rollout in South Africa – branding the move ‘irritating’.
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Fake COVID-19 vaccines and passports have been discovered on the dark web after advertisements skyrocketed 300% in three months.
There are concerns over the pace at which the COVID-19 vaccines are being administered to healthcare workers in the country
Some healthcare workers in South Africa have experienced side-effects after getting the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
A further 40 000 vaccines are expected to arrive in SA this week, but the DA insist that the current rate of immunisation is sorely lacking
As of Friday evening, government administered a total of 63 648 COVID-19 vaccines.
Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize is confident that government will be able to achieve the astronomical goal of vaccinating 40 million people
President Cyril Ramaphosa said he and Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize would also be receiving the Johnson and Johnson vaccine, to allay any fears that people may have
South Africa is expected to receive a total of nine million Johnson and Johnson vaccines by March, while government continues engaging other manufacturers
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.
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize says 20 vaccination centres have been identified across the nine provinces where 80 000 health care workers will be vaccinated over the next two weeks.
Johnson & Johnson to the rescue: The first batch of vaccines that can comprehensively crush the new variant of COVID-19 are landing in SA on Tuesday.
It cost South Africa R78 million to procure the Oxford/AstraZeneca shots.