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27 Jan, 4 tweets, 4 min read
[Thread] South Africa regulator SAHPRA has announced Section 21 compassionate use for the drug #ivermectin. As part of this, doctors can apply for access to the drug but will have to collect & submit detailed data to the regulator on issues like side-effects. #COVID19sa #COVID19
Section 21 or compassionate use programmes have made headlines in the past decade in South Africa largely because they've been key to getting the latest treatments for drug-resistant #TB into patients' hands. #ivermectin #COVID19sa #COVID19 news24.com/health24/medic…
#Ivermectin is currently registered for use in animals in SA, but is not yet registered for human use. SAHPRA says there is still not strong enough data to say for sure it works to treat or prevent #COVID19sa but notes that there is a lack of options for many patients. #COVID19
You can check out the most recent research review on #Ivermectin here #COVID19SA #COVID19 assets.researchsquare.com/files/rs-14884…

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27 Jan
Following the arrival of #COVID19vaccines in South Africa, jabs will be reviewed for safety etc for 10 to 14 days before being distributed to provinces, says Health Minister Zweli Mkhize. #COVID19sa #COVID19
AstraZeneca #COVID19vaccine has now been authorised for use in South Africa via SAHPRA. Mkhize confirms that a 30-day consultation period related to the approval of GMOs has been waived by the Dept of Agriculture. #COVID19 #COVID19sa
If you're following along with tonight's #COVID19sa #COVID19Vaccine presentation, you can check out just how many jabs are in clinical trials via this handy WHO link who.int/publications/m…
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25 Jan
[Thread] Most of Africa & the world’s poorest countries likely to get initial #COVAX #COVID19vaccines free in a major policy shift. Will it be enough? Here’s what we know. MT @thecontinent_ bit.ly/3a0uz2q Image
2/6 When #COVAX emerged last year as the world’s only plan to guaranteeing poorer countries a shot at securing any #COVID19vaccine, it promised free jabs for the poorest nations only to later institute subsidies of up to US$2 per dose for most countries. bit.ly/3a0uz2q
3/6 Now, #COVAX has committed to providing initial doses of #COVID19vaccines for free if funding pans out. This would apply to every country in Africa except for Botswana, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Libya, Mauritius, Namibia, Seychelles & South Africa. #COVID19sa
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31 Dec 20
[Thread] South African healthcare workers may have to wait until March 2021 to hear whether they will get special access to the Pfizer #Covid19vaccine as firm fills pre-orders from wealthy countries first. bit.ly/SACovaxUpdate
2/5 If you're struggling to keep up with the latest on #COVID19vaccines, you're not alone. Since a lot of what we do know publically is being pieced together from media reports, I nerdily transcribed the most important bits of yesterdays' @eNCA interview. bit.ly/SACovaxUpdate
3/5 In the interview, SA confirms it was in negotiations with COVAX during the time it missed the deadline. (TBH there has been a lot of deadline missing even re: the legally binding agreements countries were supposed to sign.) bit.ly/SACovaxUpdate
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18 Dec 20
[THREAD] A variant of #COVID19sa has been charted in South Africa and reported to the WHO. #COVID19
Genetic sequencing by @Tuliodna & team has shown that recently a new lineage of the new coronavirus is accounting the bulk of new #COVID19sa coronavirus infections in the second wave. #COVID19 Scientists will now try to understand what it means for the course of the outbreak.
Prof Salim Abdool Karim presents the seven-day moving average of new #COVID19sa cases #COVID19.
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22 Jul 20
[Thread] What could #AlcoholFreeSA look like under the latest MRC #COVID19SA ban on alcohol sales? Here's what the modelling says: bit.ly/2WHtNl6

• A four-week ban = A reduction of 22,212 trauma cases in hospitals

• An eight-week ban = Almost 50,000
2/4 Based on figures from five Western Cape hospital, ~50,000 fewer hospital trauma cases translates to:

• 124,000 less days spent in general wards during #COVID19SA under #LockdownSA

• and 46,000 less days of ICU bed occupancy or a savings of R1.3-billion
3/4 Check out the presentation to Parliament here bit.ly/2WHtNl6 and the full, open-source model here including its assumptions and inputs #AlcoholFreeSA #COVID19SA zivahub.uct.ac.za/articles/datas…
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