FILE PHOTO: A worker looks on as the second delivery of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus disease vaccine is offloaded at the O.R Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, February 27, 2021. Kim Ludbrook/Pool via REUTERS
But daily cases have fallen below 2,000, from a peak above 20,000 last month during a second wave of infections. South Africa started administering the single-dose J&J vaccine this month in a research study targeting healthcare workers but has not yet rolled out shots to the wider population unlike in many Western countries.
The second phase of the country’s vaccination programme, which includes the elderly, essential workers and those with co-morbidities, would start around late April or early May.
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