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.
South Africa completes its first batch of Johnson & Johnson vaccines Updated
Jacaranda FM
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South Africa has
reached its target of inoculating more than 80 000 frontline workers with
the Johnson & Johnson vaccine against COVID-19.
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A statement released
by Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize shows that 83 570 health workers
have received the jab since the arrival of the vaccines last
month.
“We are very
encouraged that our first target of exhausting the first batch of 80 000
vaccines from Johnson & Johnson in two weeks has been achieved
and exceeded.
“We have taken every
opportunity to learn from this process and continue to refine the programme in