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Dr Samantha Potgieter, infectious disease expert at the Universitas Academic Hospital and affiliated lecturer in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of the Free State (UFS), was the first health-care worker to receive the Johnson & Johnson vaccine in the Free State.
Dr Samantha Potgieter takes first Covid-19 vaccine jab in the Free State
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Johannesburg - Dr Samantha Potgieter was the first person to take a Covid-19 jab in the Free State province on Thursday.
Potgieter is an infectious disease expert at the Universitas Academic Hospital and an affiliated lecturer in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of the Free State (UFS).
Andy Gray COVID-19 has raised public awareness about the role of national medicines regulatory authorities in enabling access to safe, effective and quality-assured medicines. This includes vaccines. In South Africa, the pandemic has also exposed a number of important misperceptions, among the public and health professionals. The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority is responsible for monitoring, […] A man receives a Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at a clinic in Belgrade on January 13, 2021. (Photo by Vladimir Zivojinovic / AFP)
In South Africa, the pandemic has also exposed a number of important misperceptions, among the public and health professionals.
The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority is responsible for monitoring, evaluating, investigating, inspecting and registering all health products. These include me
Advocates for medicines that are unregistered in South Africa have accused the regulatory authority of not being proactive in bringing such products to market and approving their use.