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Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize on his first jab: ‘It didn’t hurt’
Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize and President Cyril Ramaphosa joined healthcare workers in Khayelitsha, to receive the Johnson and Johnson vaccine
Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize has reflected on receiving his first dose of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine, just hours after he was administered the jab. Mkhize said the prick was not painful at all and even praised the staff who attended to him.
“It didn’t hurt and even the staff are very gentle and so there was no sense whatsoever that anything was happening. So I’d say that just a slight burn that you get but it disappears very quickly,” he said in an interview with
South Africa is expected to receive a total of nine million Johnson and Johnson vaccines by March, while government continues engaging other manufacturers