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Health workers urged to get the jab as SA’s vaccine drive resumes on Wednesday Updated Karabo Tebele Share this: The South African Medical Association (Sama) has called on healthcare workers to register for the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccination Sisonke programme.  iStock The use of the vaccines was suspended earlier this month following a similar decision by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the United States.   The reason for the suspension, given by both the FDA and Health Minister Dr. Zweli Mkhize, was to give authorities a chance to re-evaluate a possible causal link be...

The Covid-19 vaccine rollout which was paused due to blood clot concerns will resume on Wednesday, Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize announced.

J&J vaccine rollout to resume on Wednesday, Health Dept confirms CAPE TOWN - The Johnson & Johnson vaccine rollout programme will resume through the Sisonke programme this week. The Health Department has confirmed that it had all the doses it needed to complete vaccination of half a million healthcare workers through the early access protocol. When the Sisonke programme resumes on Wednesday, vaccinations will be expanded to 95 sites across the country. Today we are pleased to announce that, following SAHPRA’s recommendation on 17 April 2021 and Cabinet’s concurrence on 21 April 2021, the ...

Updated Anastasi Mokgobu Share this: Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize has confirmed that the country will resume the use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine on Wednesday, 28 April 2021. iStock The use of the vaccines was suspended earlier this month following a similar decision by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the United States. The reason for the suspension, given by both the FDA and Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize, was to give authorities a chance to re-evaluate a possible causal link between the vaccine and six cases in America where women developed blood clots in the brain, coup...

Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize has confirmed that the country will resume the use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine on Wednesday, 28 April 2021.