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JOHANNESBURG - The Health Department said it vaccinated over 100,000 healthcare workers across the country through the Johnson and Johnson vaccination programme.
Officials reiterated that vaccines remain a priority in the fight to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
This milestone comes less than a month after South Africa launched the vaccine programme.
It also comes a year after the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in the country.
The South African Medical Research Council’s Professor Glenda Gray said while the aid while the country made promising strides, there were some key take home lessons from the first phase.
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Covid-19 vaccine availability is expected to increase in the next few months once regulators give the expected go-ahead for Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and Pfizer jabs.