If SA needs to borrow to fund COVID-19 vaccinations, then so be it - CDE Centre for Development and Enterprise executive director Ann Bernstein said that getting the rollout going as fast as possible was the most important issue facing the country today. A healthcare worker fills a syringe with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center in Boston, Massachusetts, in the United States on 24 December 2020. Picture: AFP.
80 days ago
JOHANNESBURG - Government is preparing to start rolling out the COVID-19 vaccine as early as next week while it grapples with the critical issue of funding.
Moderna says COVID vaccine effective against variants identified in SA, UK The company has also begun preclinical studies on a booster specifically for the variant initially identified by South African scientists. A healthcare worker fills a syringe with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center in Boston, Massachusetts, in the United States on 24 December 2020. Picture: AFP.
57 days ago
WASHINGTON - US biotechnology firm Moderna on Monday said lab studies showed its COVID-19 vaccine would remain protective against variants of the coronavirus first identified in the United Kingdom and South Africa.
But out of caution, the company will test adding a second booster of its vaccine - to make three shots in total - and has begun preclinical studies on a booster specifically for the variant initially identified by South African scientists.
Federal officials promised earlier this week to stop stockpiling second doses of COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna, and instead use them to get more