SA to add Russian Sputnik, Chinese Sinopharm shots to vaccine array
SA to add Russian Sputnik, Chinese Sinopharm shots to vaccine array By Paul Vecchiatto (Bloomberg) – South Africa plans to buy Russia’s Sputnik V vaccines and shots developed by China’s Sinopharm Group Co. Ltd as it steps up efforts to tackle the coronavirus. The government will order 10 million doses of each shot, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize told lawmakers in Cape Town on Wednesday. “We are doing this now because we do expect the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority to approve those vaccines,” he said. South Africa, the nation that’s been hardest hit by the pandemi...
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