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OPINION: Compensation for injuries or death resulting from the covid-19 vaccination

Vaccinations must remain a free choice Chanté du Preez, Policy advisor at NEASA (National Employers Association of South Africa) On October 22, the Compensation Fund Commissioner published a notice in the Government Gazette, indicating…

  • Rob Knowles
CONSTITUTION

OPINION: Mandatory vaccinations in the workplace

Freedom of choice Opinion piece of Gerhard Papenfus and Jaco Swart, the Chief Executive and National Manager of the National Employers’ Association of South Africa (NEASA) respectively. NEASA’s view in summary: the decision to be…

  • Rob Knowles
Travel restrictions, delays in vaccine deliveries, reluctance among some parents to leave their homes amid fear of exposure to coronavirus.Image: Ted ALJIBE / AFP
DISEASE

80-million children at risk of measles, polio as vaccines disrupted – WHO, Unicef

Some 80-million children worldwide could be at risk of vaccine-preventable diseases like diphtheria, measles and polio due to disruption of routine immunisation during the Covid-19 pandemic, UN agencies and the GAVI vaccine alliance said…

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