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Where Are Our Coronavirus Vaccines? South Africans Ask Bloomberg 1/21/2021 Antony Sguazzin and Pauline Bax © AFP via Getty Images Healthcare workers work inside a temporary Covid-19 ward at Steve Biko Academic Hospital in Pretoria on Jan. 11. (Bloomberg) South Africa’s government, lauded for its swift lockdown in March to curb the spread of the coronavirus, is now being pilloried for being slow off the mark to secure vaccines. Popular Searches While developing nation peers such as Indonesia and Argentina are among more than 50 already administering shots, South Africa’s inoculation program has yet to get off the ground. In December, it pinned down sufficient doses to cover just 10% of the population from Covax, a facility that aims to distribute vaccines equitably around the world. But those are only due to start arriving next month and the authorities have been scrambling to source additional supplies.

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