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The South African Health Products Authority (SAHPRA) on Wednesday approved the use of Pfizer's Comirnaty COVID vaccine after BioNTech and Pfizer announced that two doses of their vaccine may not be enough to protect against Omicron.
Country logs almost 20,000 cases overnight
The new COVID-19 variant B.1.1.529, first detected in South Africa, was on Friday designated as a “Variant of Concern” by the World Health Organisation (WHO), which named it “Omicron”.
Johannesburg, November 28 (PTI): South Africa's top health federation on Sunday slammed the 18 nations which have imposed travel bans on the country on fears of the new potentially highly-transmissible variant of COVID-19,
South Africa's top health federation on Sunday slammed the 18 nations which have imposed travel bans on the country on fears of the new potentially highly-transmissible variant of Covid-19, Omicron, saying the world must avoid such "knee-jerk reaction" if it wants "transparency" in the sharing of critical medical data. The new Covid-19 variant B.1.1.529, first detected in