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…
The closing of schools couldn’t have come soon enough in the North West province with more than 2600 teachers testing positive for the virus.
Researchers have been trying to develop an HIV vaccine for about four decades without success. However, the successful development of a COVID-19 vaccine could provide lessons for scientists.
South African scientists and health experts say it is going to take years before the country will be able to manufacture its own COVID-19 vaccines.
Senior citizens in the North West are anxious to receive their COVID-19 vaccine which comes with hope of surviving the virus.
Vaccine hesitancy in South Africa is a growing threat to fighting the COVID-19 epidemic but health workers remain resolute that access to a vaccine will save lives.
The Mo Ibrahim Foundation, along with a group of former African leaders, are calling on wealthier nations to help reduce COVID-19 vaccine inequality.
The deliveries were through Covax, an effort co-led by the Coalition for Epidermic Preparedness Innovations(CEPI), Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and the World Health Organisation (WHO).
Faced with inadequate access to essential treatments, South Africa must prioritise health research and development. The COVID-19 pandemic has shown how poor and marginalised South Africans are affected by international factors, and so it is essential to include communities in advocating for better homegrown research and development, writes community activist Ntando Yola.
Reports of fraudulent vaccinations has led to tighter measures around the Electronic Vaccination Data System. Doctors in private practice are accused of registering their employees and family members to receive the Covid-19 vaccine during the country’s first phase of the national rollout.
Inequitable distribution and vaccine hesitancy are the key challenges facing Africa in its fight against Covid-19, say international health experts.
The private hospitals are located in all nine provinces and will vaccinate their own staff as well as healthcare workers in other hospitals in the area.
This Limpopo cancer nurse got the Covid-19 vaccine this week. She believes the vaccine will not only protect her, but the children diagnosed with cancer who she takes care of.
Dr George Mukhari Academic Hospital is one of four new Covid-19 vaccination sites in Gauteng, and began administering the jab to staff on Wednesday.
The plan to vaccinate South Africa's health workers and other front line staff is proving to be a success, according to government data.
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