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South Africa to procure additional 20 million doses of Pfizer vaccines The health department revised the vaccination strategy to target "the most pressing public health and economic relief". Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize confirmed that South Africa signed a deal for the procurement of 20 million doses of Pfizer vaccines. Payment will be made in due course. He added that the deal will be finalised within the next few days. In addition,the minister confirmed that the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) agreement was also “fully concluded”. Vaccine administration in South Africa Significant and rap...

South Africa reaches Covid-19 testing milestone Updated Sibahle Motha Share this: South Africa has reached a Covid-19 testing milestone, with over 10 million tests conducted since the beginning of the pandemic in 2020. iStock -Lab technician holding swab collection kit,Coronavirus COVID-19 specimen collecting equipment,DNA nasal and oral swabbing for PCR polymerase chain reaction laboratory testing procedure and shipping Statistics released by Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize on Wednesday, show that a total of 10 020 025 Covid-19 tests have thus far been conducted. This is an increase o...

756 Covid-19 cases reported as SA passes 10m tests milestone - Mkhize 2h ago Share Cape Town - Health Minister Zweli Mkhize reported 756 new Covid-19 cases on Wednesday bringing the cumulative number of cases for South Africa to 1 553 609. Mkhize said: "Today, 79 more Covid-19 related deaths have been reported: Eastern Cape 1, Free State 18, Gauteng 25, Kwa-Zulu Natal 25, Limpopo 0, Mpumalanga 6, North West 0, Northern Cape 0 and Western Cape 4 which brings the total to 53 111 deaths. “We convey our condolences to the loved ones of the departed and thank the health care workers who treated...

How South Africa’s Covid-19 vaccination programme compares to other countries Share Durban - South Africa’s Covid-19 vaccination programme is lagging behind a host of other countries worldwide and has fallen behind at least six African countries a Bloomberg global vaccine tracker shows. Out of 168 countries that have begun administering the Covid-19 vaccine, South Africa places 79 on the list as of April 5 - after vaccinating just 0.5% of the population. In fact, African countries such as Morroco, Nigeria, Ghana, Rwanda, Kenya and Senegal have vaccinated more people than South Afric...

South Africa has secured 51 million vaccine doses - Mkhize By Ntombi Nkosi Share Johannesburg - Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has confirmed they have secured 51 million doses of vaccines from Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer in the battle against Covid-19. Mkhize also said the country has also received a refund from the Serum Institute for 500 000 AstraZeneca vaccine doses. Mkhize and Gauteng Premier David Makhura briefed the media on Thursday after visiting vaccination sites at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital. Mkhize started the briefing by apologising for the difficulty in dissem...