President Cyril Ramaphosa says the country’s teachers could expect to receive their Covid-19 vaccination over the next few weeks.
Audio PlayerHe says millions more doses of Covid-19 vaccines are expected to reach the country soon.
Audio PlayerRamaphosa says the local production of vaccines – at the Aspen Pharmacare facility in the Eastern Cape – would now be ramped up.
Audio PlayerHe says the 2-million doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine – which had to be destroyed due to contamination – will also be replaced by the company.
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The proportion of COVID tests that are positive – the so-called positivity rate – is continuing to rise in Gauteng, Limpopo, Western Cape, Free State and KwaZulu-Natal. Of these, Gauteng has been the worst hit.https://t.co/L2hWSfT0Ra
— Cyril Ramaphosa
(@CyrilRamaphosa) June 15, 2021
