06 April 2021 - 11:51 By Reuters The first batch of 20 million Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines are expected to arrive in SA at the end of the month. Image: REUTERS/DADO RUVIC SA has signed an agreement with Pfizer Inc for 20 million dual-shot Covid-19 vaccine doses, a government official told Reuters on Tuesday, boosting plans to start mass vaccinations from April.
The deal is another fillip for the country worst hit by Covid-19 infections in Africa, as it adds to the 31 million single-shot doses from Johnson & Johnson (J&J) which the government approved last Thursday.
The first batch from Pfizer is expected to arrive late in April, deputy director-general at the department of health Anban Pillay told Reuters, but he did not comment on the price.
Africa has secured 400 million doses of J&J Covid-19 vaccines enough to vaccinate more than half its target of 750 million people as it edges towards the third wave of infections, the CDC said.
‘Don’t let Africa enter the valley of death and become the continent of Covid’ The Africa CDC chief has urged people to be vaccinated and said the continent must rally behind such campaigns 25 February 2021 - 19:54
“If we do not get up to at least 60% vaccination (of the population), Africa will be known as the ‘continent of Covid’ going forward.”
This was said by Africa CDC director Dr John Nkengasong on Thursday, at the weekly briefing, (https://africacdc.org/covid-19/) during which he urged people to get a jab as soon as vaccines became available.
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