Moderna’s vaccine is safe and 94-percent effective – clearing the way for US emergency authorisation. The analysis by the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) means it could become the second coronavirus vaccine to be allowed in the US. It comes one day after Americans across the country began receiving jabs of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. Unlike the Pfizer vaccine, the Moderna shot does not require ultra cold storage during shipping.

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South African infectious-diseases expert Professor Salim Abdool Karim has jointly received the prestigious 2020 John Maddox Prize for Standing up for Science. He was recognized for his contribution to informing the public about the Covid-19 pandemic. Abdool Karim, and American immunologist, Anthony Fauci, were both honored with the international prize, during a virtual reception yesterday.
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The ANC said that Ace Magashule remained secretary-general of the party, this as a leaked document from the integrity committee showed that it had recommended that he steps aside from his role with immediate effect. Magashule has been at the center of recent battles over the party’s 2017 resolutions for members implicated in serious crimes to step aside, this as he and several others have refused to do so. He is facing charges of corruption, fraud and money laundering.

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