Prof fires broadside at experts who called for AstraZeneca rollout in SA 12 April 2021 - 14:52 Prof Barry Schoub. File photo. Image: Supplied
Prof Barry Schoub, head of the ministerial advisory committee (MAC) on vaccines, has lashed out at other experts who said the country should have gone ahead with the rollout of the AstraZeneca vaccine.
In a strongly worded editorial in the
South African Medical Journal, he said rolling out a vaccine with such poor efficacy would drain much-needed resources, break public trust, and create a potential threat or further “escape variants” of the virus that causes Covid-19.
In a previous edition of the SAMJ, Prof Francois Venter, from Wits University’s faculty of health sciences, and other experts had berated the MAC on vaccines, accusing them of a lack of transparency.
As part of the 25th anniversary of the Haitian Education and Leadership Program (HELP), Rum Barbancourt has committed to a five-year partnership to support higher education in Haiti.
France steps up Covid vaccination drive to include people over 55
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11/04/2021 - 11:09 A Covid-19 vaccination centre set up in an exhibition hall in Nice, France. AFP - VALERY HACHE 3 min From Monday French people over the age of 55 will be eligible for Covid-19 vaccinations – ahead of schedule – as authorities race to gain ground against the British variant that’s been sweeping France. Advertising
Speaking to the
Journal du Dimanche Sunday, Health Minister Olivier Veran said over 55s could receive doses of either the AstraZeneca vaccine or the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine, which is being delivered to France on Monday – a week early.
The Embassy of Haiti in Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic informs that since last February, the start of the registration process for the renewal or obtaining of the new Haitian National Identity Card.
Following the large number of suspicious requests for student visas, a report sent in 2016 by the Consulate of Chile in Haiti was the starting point for a long investigation in Chile into an alleged smuggling of Haitian migrants.