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At least 14 million adults in the country could have access to the Covid-19 vaccine by the second quarter of this year following an agreement signed by medical aid companies and national government to fund the vaccines.

This will include 7 million medical scheme members and an equal number of citizens who do not have medical aid cover.

The national department of health said it would handled the negotiations and payments for South Africa’s first tranche of Covid-19 vaccines “Considering this critical global and national imperative, the medical scheme industry is collaborating closely with the national department of health to ensure access for all South Africans to the vaccine, and especially for the priority groups,” she said.

All vaccines must be approved by the SA Health Product Regulatory Authority before they can be used locally and nobody can procure vaccines until approval has been granted by Saphra.

Source: News Formal (newsformal.com)

 

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Let the vaccine given to the media house, all the employees, i wanna see something cause they mislead public let them die first

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