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South Africa signs deal for 20 million Pfizer vaccine doses

April 6, 2021 Comments Off

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South Africa has signed an agreement to buy 20 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech dual-shot COVID-19 vaccine, a senior government official said on Tuesday, boosting plans to ramp up vaccinations from this month.

South Africa puts AstraZeneca vaccinations on hold over variant data

February 7, 2021 Comments Off

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa will put on hold use of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 shot in its vaccination programme, after data showed it gave minimal protection against mild-to-moderate infection caused by the country’s dominant coronavirus variant.FILE