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Despite the AstraZeneca setback, there’s still a lot to cheer about Top scientists are upbeat about SA’s Covid-19 vaccine rollout 09 February 2021 - 21:42
The honeymoon phase might be over and reality has bitten, but there is still much to celebrate as vaccines show high promise in tackling Covid-19.
This is the sentiment of two of the country’s top scientists, both of whom are at the coal face of Covid-19 research in SA: prof Glenda Gray, who leads the SA Medical Research Council (SAMRC), and vaccinology professor Shabir Madhi from Wits University.
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The country’s phase 1 vaccination programme on the health force is set to resume next week, using the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) vaccine which has, in late-stage trials, been shown to be 57% efficacious against the dominant 501Y.V2 variant of the Covid-
Health sciences university says herbal cure for Covid must wait for test outcomes Traditional healers company trialled product before link to university 09 February 2021 - 08:04 M5 MediGroup approached the university in 2020 to conduct tests to prove that their product presented a potential “alternative remedy” for Covid-19. File photo Image: Gallo Images / Sowetan / Thulani Mbele
The Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University (SMU) says it will continue conducting tests on the safety and efficacy of a herbal product from the M5 MediGroup.
M5 MediGroup approached the university in 2020 to conduct tests to provide proof that their product presented a potential “alternative remedy” for Covid-19.