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AstraZeneca buys US biotech firm CinCor
Anglo-Swedish pharmaceuticals giant AstraZeneca on Monday agreed to buy US biotech company CinCor for $1.8 billion, expanding further into the…
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Covid vaccine maker AstraZeneca sees profit slump
British Covid vaccine maker AstraZeneca announced a 75 percent slide in first-quarter net profit on higher costs linked to its…
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AstraZeneca warns on falling COVID treatment sales
British COVID vaccine maker AstraZeneca on Thursday warned that coronavirus product sales and profit margins would drop this year as…
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AstraZeneca to take profit from Covid-19 vaccine sales
British pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca said Friday it has begun to sell its Covid vaccine at a profit as the company…
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South Africa delegation to meet with UK counterparts over red list status
A seven-person South African delegation is set to meet with UK scientists on Monday on why South Africa remains on…
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President Ramaphosa reiterates calls for equitable vaccine distribution
President Cyril Ramaphosa has once again reiterated calls for equitable vaccine distribution. Ramaphosa was speaking at the 76th session of…
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Malawi runs out of COVID-19 vaccines as 2nd jabs due
Delays in coronavirus vaccine shipments to Malawi have caused health facilities to run out of doses as hundreds are due…
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United States to give 80 million vaccine doses to priority nations, 75% via Covax
President Joe Biden outlined his plan for the first of 80 million coronavirus vaccine doses that the US will distribute…
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David Mabuza accepts SA’s vaccine rollout has been slow and inefficient
Deputy President David Mabuza has accepted that the government’s vaccine rollout has been anything but efficient. Mabuza said that the…
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Covid-19: 38 more deaths reported in SA
The cumulative number of Covid-19 cases identified in South Africa rose to 1 576 320 on Monday, with 849 new…
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Nigeria to limit first doses of AstraZeneca due to supply concerns
Nigeria has directed its 36 states and federal capital territory to stop giving first doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines once…
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More than 2 200 healthcare workers vaccinated against COVID-19 since Wednesday
Over two days, more than 2,200 healthcare workers have been vaccinated in South Africa. Eighteen vaccination sites across the country…
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SA offers AstraZeneca jabs to AU
South Africa will give its doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to the African Union after scrapping their use due…
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Gauteng ready to vaccinate 215 000 healthcare workers in the first rollout phase
Gauteng Premier David Makhura said they are ready to roll out the Johnson & Johnson vaccine throughout the province. The…
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Health Minister Mkhize speaks on SA’s Covid-19 vaccine not being from the devil
AstraZeneca may not be effective for the current Covid-19 variant, but it is not from the devil. During the vaccine…
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South Africa temporarily stops the rollout of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has announced that the rollout of the first COVID-19 vaccines to arrive in South Africa has…
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COVID-19 vaccine arrival lifts mood of ordinary South Africans
The government said that the hard work began now to administer and distribute the COVID-19 vaccine in South Africa. An…
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SA hopeful of ending COVID-19 nightmare with first vaccine shipment on its way
The aircraft carrying the first batch of COVID-19 vaccines is making its way to South Africa. The vaccine was developed…
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More than 100 million COVID-19 cases recorded worldwide
More than 100 million COVID-19 cases have now been recorded worldwide, according to an AFP tally. The number of cases…
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5 dead in India vaccine plant fire and COVID drug unaffected
Five people died as a fire tore through a building in the world’s biggest vaccine manufacturing hub in India, but…
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WHO says SA COVID-19 outbreak should be wake-up call for Africa
South Africa’s growing COVID-19 epidemic should be an alert to the rest of the continent to strengthen disease surveillance, the…
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