Team Notts2 Aug 2021 11:14
Need to get their skates on... It is good news that increased vaccine supply is coming to SA and of course any vaxs are going to welcome there as they suffer a terrible 3rd wave so I expect Covidity to get strong official support in SA ... however we don't want to be caught in the situ of running out of patients to dose so I think for the trial to be dosing by Sept would be a good timeline if practical...
'With the expected arrival of COVID-19 vaccine batches in the coming days, South Africa will soon be able to vaccinate one million people in three days.
Addressing the media on government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, acting Minister of Health, Mmamoloko Kubayi, said vaccination is expected to pick up momentum such that 400 000 vaccinations will be administered per day by the end of the week.
“By the time we open for people between the ages of 18 and 34 to be vaccinated from the 1st of September 2021, we will be able to respond to the demand that this cohort will generate,” the Minister said on Friday.
This week South Africa expected the number of vaccinated people per day to reach the target of 300 000.
“However, due to the constrained vaccine supply this week, the number of vaccinated people per day was around 220 000 which is likely to be the average this week.
“At the present rate of vaccination, we are currently vaccinating one million people in four days. The number of vaccinated people has just surpassed another milestone of seven million,” the Minister said.
This week the vaccine supply was constrained, which has negatively affected the rate of vaccination. This as some of the sites ran out of vaccines and people had to be turned away.
“The good news is that we received more vaccines from Johnson & Johnson and more Pfizer vaccines are expected in the coming days.”
https://www.africanews.com/2021/07/31/coronavirus-south-africa-sa-ramps-up-covid-19-inoculation/