Other vaccines have been procured amid J&J pause assures Ramaphosa Updated
Nushera Soodyal
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President Cyril Ramaphosa says the country will be getting other coronavirus vaccines from elsewhere following the suspension of the rollout of the Johnson & Johnson jabs.
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There are safety concerns after six women in the US who d received the J&J shot developed blood clots afterwards.
One of them has died.
Ramaphosa spoke to reporters this afternoon after a meeting with senior Transnet officials at the Port of Durban.
The Johnson and Johnson vaccine is halted for now and hopefully not for too long because the scientists are going to look at the efficiency of the vaccine.
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SA’s new Covid-19 infections climb by close to 1000 Updated
Jacaranda FM
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The country’s new
COVID-19 cases fell short of the 1000 mark, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said
in his latest report.
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The cumulative
number of cases now sits at 1 522 697, more than 27 000 of which are
active.
Mkhize added the
number of fatalities in the remaining provinces had increased the death toll to
50 906.
“Regrettably, a
further 103 more COVID-19 related deaths have been reported: Eastern Cape 2,
Free State 28, Gauteng 28, Kwa-Zulu Natal 24, Limpopo 0, Mpumalanga 6, North
West 0, Northern Cape 0 and Western Cape 15, which brings the total to 50 906
deaths.”
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