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More than 167,000 people were vaccinated in the first week of Phase Two of South Africa’s Covid-19 vaccine roll-out. They received just the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine.
The roll-out was given a boost over the weekend, with the finding that the Pfizer vaccine can be stored in a refrigerator for a month. Previously, it was estimated that the vaccine would last in a standard fridge for only five days, but new data prove otherwise. The change was approved by the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority after its counterparts in Europe and the US made the same call. Read more about what this means for the roll-out here.
DA loses wards, ANC remains steady in by-elections
This week’s municipal by-elections, the last before the local government election scheduled for late October, saw the Democratic Alliance (DA) lose a number of wards, while the African National Congress (ANC) held fairly steady.
Wednesday was another bumper day for by-elections, with forty being held.
The ANC retained 27 wards, gained three, and lost one. By contrast, the DA retained six wards and lost four, two to the ANC, and two to the Patriotic Alliance (PA). The Inkatha Freedom Party retained one ward in Nqutu in northern KwaZulu-Natal and snatched a seat off the ANC in Pongolo, also in KwaZulu-Natal.
ANC holds most of the pieces of the political puzzle ah dailymaverick.co.za - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dailymaverick.co.za Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
This is part of a series of preview articles looking at municipal government wards being contested on 19 May. There will be by-elections in Gauteng, Eastern Cape and the Free State.