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Health Minister Zweli Mkhize says 118 247 healthcare workers have now been vaccinated in the country since the Johnson & Johnson doses arrived in February.
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize says 107 054 healthcare workers have now been vaccinated in the country since the Johnson & Johnson doses arrived in February.
Second batch of Johnson & Johnson vaccines will arrive in South Africa this week: Mkhize
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Health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize says that the next batch of Johnson & Johnson vaccines will arrive in the country this weekend, taking the total doses in South Africa for phase one of the rollout to 160,000.
The first batch of vaccines saw 80,000 doses delivered on 16 February, with the same number of healthcare workers expected to be vaccinated two weeks after the drop. The official rollout started on 17 February.
Presenting to parliament on Tuesday (23 February), Mkhize said that the country is on course to complete the first 40,000 of these vaccinations by Wednesday (24 February) – one week later.