Health Minister Zweli Mkhize says South Africans will not have to pay for vaccinations against COVID-19. He said the vaccines will be paid for largely by public funds while the private sector, especially private health funders, would augment this. Mkhize has also hit back at media speculation that the doses of AstraZeneca vaccine imported by South Africa will be returned to India, saying it was untrue.

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Vaccination dry runs are being conducted at centres across the country as healthcare workers wait for the Johnson & Johnson doses that are expected to land from Belgium today. There are plans to run 10-hour vaccine centres for healthcare workers. Nearly 80-thousand doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine are expected to land.
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The Western Cape has recorded 79 additional deaths, bringing the total number of COVID-19 related deaths in the province to 10-thousand 860. As of one o’clock this afternoon (Tues 16 Feb) the Western Cape had 5 488 active Covid-19 infections with a total of 272-thousand 526 confirmed Covid-19 cases.

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