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DSV Healthcare wins tender to distribute Pfizer vaccines
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DURBAN - DSV Healthcare has been awarded the tender from the National Department of Health to distribute the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 mRNA vaccine to vaccination centres across South Africa.
This award is shared with The Biovac Institute, a public private partnership.
In a statement issued, MD of DSV Healthcare, Anthony Diack, said they were pleased to be able to utilise its existing infrastructure and capability to serve the South African community alongside the National Department of Health.
“This is a crucial task for South Africa and DSV Healthcare is pleased to have been selected as a nationwide distributor of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines. We take our contribution for the greater good of our people extremely seriously and have the utmost respect for the task at hand,” he said.
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