Health Minister, dr Zweli Mkhize says he can now say with confidence, that the second phase of the country's mass covid-19 vaccination campaign, will start next month. Mkhize says a combined 51-million covid-19 doses have been secured for the vaccination drive, of which 31-million are the 1-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine, and another 20 million doses of the 2-dose Pfizer vaccine.

Health Minister, dr Zweli Mkhize says he can now say with confidence, that the second phase of the country’s mass covid-19 vaccination campaign, will start next month. Mkhize says a combined 51-million covid-19 doses have been secured for the vaccination drive, of which 31-million are the 1-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine, and another 20 million doses of the 2-dose Pfizer vaccine.

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9 April 2021

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