#CovidVaccination Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize is holding a media briefing to address issues relating to the Department of Health Vaccination Plan. Follow @JacaNews for the live updates.
#CovidVaccination Mkhize says SA researchers are collaborating with other researchers from the rest of the world over the new variant. AstraZeneca vaccine has been found to not be effective for mild to moderate symptoms of Covid-19.
#CovidVaccination Mkhize emphasizes that the vaccines have not yet expired.
#CovidVaccination Mkhize says the expiry date of the vaccine was not discovered by “accident” but it was due to the quality assurances through the DOH.
#CovidVaccination Mkhize says phase one of the vaccination rollout plan will continue but using the Johnson and Johnson vaccine.
#CovidVaccination Mkhize: The country has also secured doses from Pfizer and this will be rolled out in phase one. He says these have been “brought forward”.
#Covidvaccination Mkhize says government will have discussions to swap the AstraZeneca vaccine before the expiry date.
#CovidVaccination Mkhize says the government does not intend to “claim back the money” for the AstraZeneca vaccines.
He says there are already countries asking SA to sell to them.
“We will either swap the vaccine or get a fresh batch if we are going to be using it.”
He says there are already countries asking SA to sell to them.
“We will either swap the vaccine or get a fresh batch if we are going to be using it.”
#CovidVaccination Mkhize says he’ll be willing to take the vaccine in public.
He adds that there are discussions within government on which leaders will be taking them in public.
He adds that there are discussions within government on which leaders will be taking them in public.
#CovidVaccination Mkhize says plans are in place to start the vaccine rollout next week.
#CovidVaccination Mkhize says medical aids will cover the costs for their members.
“If you have medical aid, then government will charge your medical aids for the vaccine”.
“If you have medical aid, then government will charge your medical aids for the vaccine”.
#CovidVaccination Mkhize says the storage for the Pfizer vaccine is “nothing new” because there are government institutions that have capacity to store the vaccines.
“When we roll it out we will make sure that nothing will be broken or damaged through the cold chain”.
“When we roll it out we will make sure that nothing will be broken or damaged through the cold chain”.
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