More Johnson & Johnson vaccines will be available in August.
The Health Department’s Nicholas Crisp says they are currently using doses with a short expiry date.
He says the new batch will benefit people in the rural areas.
“We are pleased to say that in August we are now going to have Johnson & Johnson vaccine back as a fundamental part of our programme and at the moment we are still using the last of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine with a short expiry date, which is due to expire on 11 August,” he said.
South Africa has recorded more than 14,800 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours.
A total of 433 more deaths takes South Africa’s COVID-19 death toll to 68,625.
Source: eNCA
In other news – VIDEO: Man punches Gogo and runs away
Cops in New York City have launched a manhunt for a man seen on video punching a 60-year-old woman in the back of her head while inside a train station.
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