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Electronic registration for everyone who wishes to receive vaccines in South Africa will open on 16 April, Dr Leslie Bamford who is coordinating the roll-out programme, announced on Friday, 9 April. Registration will be open for all but the vaccines will be rolled out in two phases – on 17 May and 17 October. Bamford, who was presenting details of the plan to civil society and other stakeholders, said vaccine supply will still be “somewhat constrained” in the second quarter (May to August) but will ease up significantly after that. The Pfizer vaccine, requiring two shots, would be rolle...

Sisonke vaccine study will conclude at the end of April, says Prof Glenda Gray Share CAPE TOWN – The Sisonke implementation study will conclude at the end of April, says Prof Glenda Gray, co-principal investigator of the study. The study was launched on February 17 to help speed up the plan, while an application for commercial use of the Johnson & Johnson shot was being finalised. More than 260 000 of health workers in the country have received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine under the Sisonke Early Access Programme. The study aims to vaccinate half a million health-care workers, out of an es...

A top vaccinologist says herd immunity is unlikely as virus variants could evolve and build a resistance to vaccines.

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Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has announced that a third of available vaccine doses will be for private healthcare workers.