A mobile app to report suspected adverse drug reactions, including to the Covid-19 vaccine, has been launched in SA. The Med Safety app is compatible with iOS and Android operating systems. The SA Health Products Regulatory Authority…
Parliament’s standing committee on public accounts (Scopa) wants an open tender system for the storage and distribution of the Covid-19 vaccine. In a statement on Tuesday, committee chairperson Mkhuleko Hlengwa said the committee has…
President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday was emphatic that there will be no repercussions for those who choose not to take the Covid-19 vaccine — even while he encouraged everyone to do so when it was their turn to get their shot. Addressing…
President Cyril Ramaphosa on Friday allayed the fears of many South Africans, saying the Treasury would have the money to fund the much-anticipated Covid-19 vaccine. “There is no way we can say, when it comes to saving the lives of South…
The Eastern Cape government has expressed concern that it may encounter problems with vaccination distribution to far-flung areas of the province. Acting head of the provincial health department Dr Sibongile Zungu said they were…
The government will not force anyone to take the Covid-19 vaccine. That was the message from health minister Zweli Mkhize, who briefed parliament’s portfolio committee on health on Thursday. Mkhize was grilled by committee members who…
Health minister Zweli Mkhize said on Sunday the expedition and delivery of the Covid-19 vaccine is among government’s top priorities. The minister was joined by a panel of experts during a press briefing in which he outlined the Covid-19…
Finance minister Tito Mboweni recently tweeted himself into hot water when he accused DA “loud mouths” of spreading misinformation about the Covid-19 vaccine, saying he would ask EFF leader Julius Malema to “deal with them.” The minister…
SA is going with the COVAX global Covid-19 vaccine distribution scheme, with a committed purchase for 10% of its population of 58m, a senior health official said on Tuesday. Khadija Jamaloodien, director of affordable medicines at the…
SA’s largest pharmaceutical group‚ Aspen‚ has secured a Covid-19 vaccine deal with Johnson & Johnson. The pharmaceutical group announced on Monday that the Covid-19 vaccine would be produced at its existing sterile facility in Port…
TIMESLIVE Sipokazi Fokazi Local public health experts have raised concerns about the bulk-buying of potential Covid-19 vaccines by rich nations, arguing that this could further delay access to these life-saving shots by developing…
Russia announced on Tuesday that it would approve a Covid-19 vaccine – a move hailed by Moscow as evidence of its scientific prowess. The vaccine developed by Moscow’s Gamaleya Institute will be known as “Sputnik V” when it hits the…
