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30 Mar, 5 tweets, 5 min read
1/5 South Africa's confirmed #COVID19vaccine tally, according to Health Minister Zweli Mkhize’s remarks today: #COVID19sa
31m doses of Johnson & Johnson.
20m Pfizer doses.

bit.ly/SAVaccineUpdate
2/5 It's unclear whether South Africa will receive a previously stated #COVAX allocation of 117,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine. Mkhize says in this statement that COVAX can only offer #AstraZeneca & Novavax, which he says SA isn't using b/c of variants bit.ly/SAVaccineUpdate
3/5 Mkhize: "The Director-General has been directed to complete negotiations around #Sputnik, #Sinovac & #Sinopharm #COVID19vaccines & report back on an urgent basis. Applications to SAHPRA are currently being considered on a rolling basis." #COVID19sa bit.ly/SAVaccineUpdate
4/5 South Africa is still finalising the division of upcoming #COVID19sa vaccines between the private and public sectors, Mkhize confirms. bit.ly/SAVaccineUpdate
5/5 Mkhize reiterates that a national #COVID19vaccine rollout is still on track despite delays. Says govt began negotiating for vaccines as early as June 2020 amid criticisms the country waited too long to begin bilateral negotiations. #COVID19sa #COVID19 bit.ly/SAVaccineUpdate

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Ramaphosa: "This will be enough to vaccinate 41m people in South Africa." The president is quick to correct the use of the word "citizen" in reference to this. #FamilyMeeting #COVID19SA
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South Africa's more than 2000 vaccination projected #COVID19vaccine points include stadiums, GP rooms and retail outlets, says Rampahosa #COVID19sa People will be given vaccine certificates post jabs. #FamilyMeeting
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[Thread] On Friday, South Africa’s largest open medical aid scheme Discovery sent an email to members outlining its plans to rollout #COVID19sa vaccines to members. Here’s what you need to know: bit.ly/DiscoveryCovid…
2/7 Discovery is investing in preparing to vaccinate 3m adults quickly when #COVID19sa vaccines become available. Govt remains the only buyer of vaccines in South Africa, but the scheme says it has the capacity to 50,000 people daily. #COVID19vaccine bit.ly/DiscoveryCovid…
3/7 Discovery estimates it should be able to vaccinate “all of Discovery’s 550 000 high-risk members within a few weeks” when stocks become available #COVID19sa. Gore confirms stocks remain constrained in this 2nd quarter of year #COVID19vaccine bit.ly/DiscoveryCovid…
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[THREAD] Recap: The #AstraZeneca vaccine did not protect against mild-to-moderate #COVID19sa caused by the new variant in South Africa, researchers announced this week. We don't know what this means for severe #COVID19 but what happens now with South Africa's rollout?
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has announced that given the new #AstraZeneca results, the health department will continue phase one using the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, which was shown to reduce a person's risk of moderate to serious disease caused by the new variant by ~60%
Pfizer vaccines will also rolled out. Government is also in advanced talks with Sputnik vaccine makers, this follows peer-reviewed results for the vaccine, which was found to be ~92% effective in preventing any #COVID19sa #COVID19 thelancet.com/action/showPdf…
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Scientists confirm AstraZeneca #COVID19vaccine shows no significant reduction in mild to moderate #COVID19sa in South Africa against new variant but the jab could still show efficacy against serious cases of #COVID19. What does this mean for South Africa's vaccine rollout?
The background: The AstraZeneca #COVID19vaccine phase 2 trial in South Africa included only healthy & HIV-negative adults. Half of the people got the vaccine & half got a placebo of saline solution, which is similar to salt water. #COVID19 #COVID19sa
The study only had enough people to be able to show if the vaccine was at least 60% effective & could not say if it protected against severe #COVID19 - a bigger, phase 3 study would be needed for that. #COVID19sa
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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
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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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27 Jan
[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
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#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
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