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Covid-19: Latest batch of vaccines set to go directly to EC as health minister says SA may have enough

Zakiyah Ebrahim and Tebogo Monama
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South Africa has received the first delivery of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine at the O R Tambo International Airport in Gauteng. (Elmond Jiyane, GCIS)
South Africa has received the first delivery of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine at the O R Tambo International Airport in Gauteng. (Elmond Jiyane, GCIS)

As healthcare workers prepare to be vaccinated, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize says the country has procured enough doses to inoculate the majority of the population against Covid-19.  

On Tuesday, 80 000 doses of the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) Covid-19 vaccine arrived from Belgium. It will be administered to healthcare workers.  

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