It’s been two weeks since Gauteng began rolling out lenacapavir (LEN), but patients in parts of Pretoria are yet to get the jab
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The Roads and Transport Department in Gauteng is planning to get taxi associations involved in efforts to boost the numbers of people who want to get to vaccination sites but cannot afford transport costs. MEC for the department, Jacob Mamabolo spoke to Health-e during the province’s vaccination drive at the
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