SA secures early Covid-19 vaccine for health workers

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One-million doses of the Oxford University-AstraZeneca vaccine are due to arrive in January

SA has secured a Covid-19 vaccine for health workers, with one-million doses of the Oxford University-AstraZeneca vaccine due to arrive in January and a further 500,000 in February.

Mkhize said that the SA Health Products Regulatory Authority was ready to process the licensing of the vaccine and would make use of “reliance agreements” with other regulatory jurisdictions to ensure there were no unnecessary delays or impediments. SA had been on the brink of securing a separate arrangement with the Serum Institute of India to meet the needs of health workers. But that hit a hurdle when the Indian government said it would bar the export of vaccines until its own vulnerable population had been taken care of. The SII has since clarified that it may export to governments for vaccination programmes but not to the private market.

Mkhize said he also wanted to reassure the public that the acquisition had been done directly by the department of health.

Source: Education Headlines (educationheadlines.net)

 

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