2021-05-03 12:55:35 GMT2021-05-03 20:55:35(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
JOHANNESBURG, May 3 (Xinhua) The first batch of the Pfizer vaccines arrived at Johannesburg s OR Tambo International Airport at midnight Sunday, said South Africa s Health Minister Zweli Mkhize Monday in a social media post.
The two-shot vaccine, with 325,260 doses, requires to be stored in super cold storage. Samples are expected to be sent to the National Control Laboratory this morning for quality assurance before the vaccines will be distributed to each province.
Mkhize said the same number of doses are scheduled to arrive on a weekly basis, so that by the end of May, South Africa would have receive 1.3 million doses from Pfizer.
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JOHANNESBURG (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 03rd May, 2021) A plane carrying the first batch of the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine has arrived in South Africa, the country s health minister, Zweli Mkhize, said on Monday. The first batch of Pfizer vaccines have landed at OR Tambo International Airport [in Johannesburg], Mkhize tweeted.
In his Sunday statement, the health minister said that samples of the Pfizer vaccine would be sent to the National Control Laboratory for quality assurance, after which the doses would be distributed to the provinces.
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Over 325 000 Pfizer vaccine doses to land in SA on Sunday night
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Johannesburg - Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has announced that over 325 000 Pfizer vaccine doses were expected to land in South Africa on Sunday night.
In an update on the delivery of Johnson and Johnson and Pfizer vaccine doses, Mkhize said 325 260 Pfizer vaccine doses were expected to arrive at Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport at about 11.45pm.
He said a National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure (NATJOINTS) was on guard to monitor the security of the transportation of the vaccine at the airport and to ensure the safe passage of the vaccine to the various vaccination sites.