The Department of Health says South Africa will be getting 9-million doses of a covid-19 vaccine from Johnson & Johnson. The J&J doses take the total number of doses that South Africa stands to receive to more than 30-million. The country is set to receive about 12-million doses doses of the vaccine from the WHO’s Covax scheme, about 12-million doses from an African Union arrangement, and a further 1.5-million from the Serum Institute of India.

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Higher Education Minister, Blade Nzimande, says covid-19 protocols at Universities have been updated to ensure the safety of students and staff in the new academic year. He yesterday said that around 16 of the country’s Universities are still in the process of finalizing their 2020 academic year, announcing that Universities will commence their 2021 academic year in late March/early April this year.
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President Cyril Ramaphosa has established an inter-ministerial committee to oversee the roll-out of Covid-19 vaccines in the country. The committee will be chaired by the deputy president, David Mabuza. Earlier Ramaphosa assured South Africans that the country will get enough COVID-19 vaccines. He says money won’t be a problem.

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