COVID-19 vaccines
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South Africa News
Nobel prize goes to MRNA Covid vaccine researchers
Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman won the Nobel Medicine Prize on Monday for work on messenger RNA (mRNA) technology that…
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World News
COVID-19 vaccine scheme for poorest has $2.6bn left to spend as pandemic recedes
Several billions of dollars left in a scheme to deliver COVID-19 vaccines to the world’s poorest could be diverted to…
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Pfizer expiry date extended
The expiry date for millions of COVID-19 vaccines has been extended. More than 8.5 million Pfizer doses were up for…
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Business and Technology
Aspen secures Indian Serum Institute deal
SA’s biggest pharmaceutical manufacturer, Aspen Pharmacare, has secured a 10-year agreement with the Serum Institute of India. It will bottle…
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Australia seeks to expand fourth COVID-19 dose eligibility amid fresh Omicron threat
Australia looks set to expand the rollout of the fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccines as it battles a steady rise…
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South Africa News
Cyril Ramaphosa says agencies should order Africa-made Covid vaccines
International agencies and charitable foundations providing Covid-19 vaccines for Africa should order African-made vaccines, President Cyril Ramaphosa told a global…
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World News
Ghana to start producing own COVID-19 vaccines in January 2024
Ghana will start producing its own COVID-19 vaccines in January 2024, President Nana Akufo-Addo said on Wednesday in his State…
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South Africa News
COVID-19 vaccine storage and disposal concerns raised
The non-adherence to correct storage practices of COVID-19 vaccines, and the disposal of used vials, have been raised as concerns…
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World News
WHO aims to rollout mass vaccination campaigns in 10 African countries
It is one year since the vaccine dose sharing facility COVAX delivered the first COVID-19 vaccines to Africa and around…
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UN expert urges vaccines to help North Korea end Covid isolation
The world should provide millions of doses of COVID-19 vaccines to North Korea, where “draconian” anti-pandemic measures are worsening an…
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Brazil’s health regulator asks for protection as anti-vaccine threats mount
Brazil’s federal health regulator Anvisa said on Sunday it had received a fresh torrent of threats and asked for greater…
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Malawi to make COVID-19 vaccines mandatory for frontline workers
Malawi will make COVID-19 vaccines mandatory for frontline staff including health workers and journalists, health minister Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda said…
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Nigeria to destroy one million expired COVID-19 vaccines -official
Nigeria will destroy around one million expired COVID-19 vaccines, Faisal Shuaib, head of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency…
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South Africa News
Basic Education satisfied with level of uptake of COVID-19 vaccines among staff and learners
Basic Education Department says it is satisfied with the level of uptake of COVID-19 vaccines among staff and learners. Director-General…
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South Africa News
Cosatu calls for restrictions on unvaccinated
TRADE union federation Cosatu on Monday called for restrictions to be imposed on people who refuse to take the Covid-19…
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South Africa News
Professor Salim Abdool Karim says vaccines likely effective against Omicron variant
Existing COVID-19 vaccines are probably effective at preventing severe disease and hospitalisation from the newly identified Omicron variant, a top…
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World News
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta to visit Aspen Pharmacare factory in Gqeberha
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta is on the second leg of his visit to South Africa and is scheduled to visit…
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Covid-19 Updates
South Africa delays delivery of new batch of Covid-19 vaccines due to oversupply
South Africa has asked Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer to delay delivery of COVID-19 vaccines because it now has too…
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President of Uganda Yoweri Museveni to fire officials who let Covid-19 vaccines expire unused
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has called for Covid-19 vaccination efforts to be ramped up while threatening officials with dismissal should…
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United States to lift South African travel ban – but only if you are vaccinated
The United States will re-open to air passengers from China, India, Britain and other European countries who have received Covid-19…
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