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New vaccine plan in the works for South Africa: Mkhize Subscribe Government has concluded an agreement with pharmaceutical company Pfizer for the delivery of 20 million Covid-19 vaccines to South Africa, says health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize. The new agreement, alongside a deal with Johnson & Johnson, will set the stage for a significant and rapid expansion of the country’s vaccination programme, he said. The Health minister said that the final tranche of 200,000 Johnson & Johnson doses for the Sisonke Protocol is expected to arrive on 10 April 2021. “These doses will take us to the last m...

───   06:23 Sun, 04 Apr 2021 Photo: Pixabay/Fernando Zhiminaicela The number of South Africans who died due to Covid-19 now stands at 52 954 after eight new deaths were recorded on Saturday. Three were recorded in the Free State, one in Gauteng, two in KwaZulu Natal, one of the Northern Cape and one in the Western Cape. The number of infections recorded in the country since the start of the pandemic now stands at s 1 551 501. Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize revealed these new numbers on Saturday. “Our cumulative recoveries today stand at 1 476 605, ...

───   07:38 Sat, 03 Apr 2021 Photo: Pixabay/Fernando Zhiminaicela South Africa has recorded 1 273 new Covid-19 infections and a further 49 deaths over the past 24 hours, according to Health Minister Zweli Mkhize. This brings the cumulative number of cases recorded since the start of the pandemic to 1 550 724. South Africa’s death toll now stands at 52 946. “The number of health care workers vaccinated under the Sisonke Protocol remains 269 102,” Mkhize said. CASE DATA BY PROVINCE At 415 038, Gauteng remains the province with the highest nu...

Anti-vaxxers gaining momentum around the world, including SA By Norman Cloete Recent surveys show there’s rising vaccine scepticism in South Africa. Vaccination in South Africa is not compulsory, but every citizen is expected to adhere to preventive measures such as wearing a mask, physical distance, cleaning of hands regularly, sufficient fresh air and avoiding crowded spaces. This is the word from the national Health Department in reaction to the growing number of countries where citizens say they will not take the Covid-19 vaccine should it become available. Health Department spokes...

The number of South Africans who died due to Covid-19 now stands at 52 954 after eight new deaths were recorded.