Vaccine arrival lifts mood of ordinary South Africans Inoculations are likely to begin in about two weeks, once all regulatory and quality assurance processes have been completed. Health Minister Zweli Mkhize, Deputy President David Mabuza, President Cyril Ramaphosa and Deputy High Commissioner of India Abhijit Chakraborty celebrate the arrival of the first million doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at OR Tambo International Airport on 1 February 2021. Picture: GCIS.
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JOHANNESBURG - Government said that the hard work began now to administer and distribute the COVID-19 vaccine in South Africa.
An aircraft carrying South Africa s first batch of one million AstraZeneca vaccines arrived at OR Tambo International Airport on Monday.