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The first 325,260 doses will arrive Sunday night, Zweli Mkhize, South Africa’s health minister said in a statement. The government also expects Johnson & Johnson to release stock from the Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Ltd.’s plant in the nation by the middle of May following a verification process with regulators, according to the statement. Aspen is making the J&J vaccines under license.
South Africa, which is the worst-affected country by the coronavirus pandemic on the continent, lags behind emerging market peers in vaccinations. It halted J&J vaccines after health agencies last month called for their suspension in the U.S. The J&J shot is a key element to the nation’s vaccination plan and has already been used to inoculate health workers, with no reported adverse effects.
Japan, Pfizer Agree on More Vaccine Supply by End of September
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(Bloomberg) Pfizer Inc. will increase supplies of the Covid-19 vaccine for Japan by the end of September, Japanâs vaccine czar Taro Kono said in a Fuji TV program on Sunday.
(Bloomberg) Pfizer Inc. will increase supplies of the Covid-19 vaccine for Japan by the end of September, Japanâs vaccine czar Taro Kono said in a Fuji TV program on Sunday.
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and Pfizer Chief Executive Officer Albert Bourla discussed increasing the supply on a recent phone call, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.
Pfizer to Deliver More Shots; South Africa’s Talks: Virus Update
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(Bloomberg) Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE expect to deliver more vaccines to the European Union this quarter than currently targeted, offering good news to the bloc after deliveries of Johnson & Johnson’s shot were paused.
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