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Evaluating vaccines and chasing down 'breakthrough infections' are key to success

Evaluating vaccines and chasing down ‘breakthrough infections’ are key to success
Data generated from Sisonke study will prove to be invaluable to understanding of vaccines and their effectiveness
23 May 2021 - 17:47
The vaccination of health workers through the Sisonke study is done but the work is not, and chasing down “breakthrough infections” when people get Covid after vaccination is a priority, said the scientists in charge, profs Glenda Gray and Linda-Gail Bekker.
“Sisonke’s main cause was to prevent healthcare workers from getting very sick or dying. It was never about preventing infections. That is a bonus. There is no 100% prophylactic vaccine today,” said Bekker. ....

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Vaccine explainer: when will I get my shot?

A quick guide to the vaccine programme, the procedures involved and how it is supposed to work
19 May 2021 - 20:18 Tamar Kahn
UPDATED 20 May 2021 - 11:51
Johannesburg healthworkers queue for a Covid-19 vaccine outside the Charlotte Maxeke Hospital. Picture: SUNDAY TIMES/ALAISTER RUSSEL
The government began providing Covid-19 vaccines to the public on May 17, after the Sisonke study for healthcare workers came to an end. The big question now on everyone’s mind is: “When will I get my shot?”
Here’s what we know so far.
Who is currently eligible?
Healthcare workers and people over the age of 60. Healthcare workers are being vaccinated in what is known as phase 1b of the rollout; people over the age of 60 are the first stage of phase 2. Phase 1a was the Sisonke study. ....

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More than 70% of South Africa wants the jab, but vaccine hesitancy a needling problem

More than 70% of South Africa wants the jab, but vaccine hesitancy a needling problem
Much more needs to be done to win over the sizeable minority that does not want to get the jab, say experts
PREMIUM
By Claire Keeton and Tanya Farber - 17 May 2021
Most South Africans would get a Covid-19 vaccine if they could, a new study shows, and the flood of healthcare workers and illegitimate queue jumpers to vaccination sites last week seems to underscore this finding.
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Covid-19 vaccine rollout: SA's long wait for the jab

Most South Africans still have no protection against Covid except their own behaviour. But, writes Claire Keeton, it is possible that tomorrow will mark a turning point for the government’s vaccination rollout. ....

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Mkhize: Mass vaccine will see a slow start, but process is ready to roll

Health minister Zweli Mkhize said on Sunday it may be a slow start in the beginning of the the second phase of the Covid-19 vaccinations but the numbers should pick up in the course of the month. ....

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