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.