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Coronavirus: Why South Africa has yet to roll out vaccines


More than a third of all Covid-19 cases in Africa have been in South Africa and numbers are surging with the emergence of a new variant of the virus.

 

But unlike some other badly hit countries in the world, South Africa is yet to start its vaccination programme.

 

 

Has South Africa got Covid vaccines?

President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa has so far secured twenty million doses, due to be delivered in the first half of 2021.

 

But there's no detailed timeline for a programme aiming to vaccinate as many as forty million people.

 

South Africa has been seeking to source vaccines in three ways:

 

  • via the World Health Organization-backed Covax scheme
  • via arrangements made by the African Union
  • through bilateral contracts with vaccine manufacturers

 

Covax is a global initiative in which countries pool their resources to support the development of vaccines with a view to ensure that all countries receive a fair supply of effective vaccines.

 

South Africa expects to acquire doses for around 10% of the population through Covax and has been told it will receive them from April through to June.

 

 

Could South Africa have got vaccines sooner?

There's been concern that many poorer, less-developed countries are being left behind in the global competition to secure vaccine supplies.

 

However, critics suggest that South Africa - as the richest country in Africa - should not be in this position.

 

"The stunning reality is that it [South Africa] has neither a secured vaccine supply nor a plan for mass inoculation in the foreseeable future that can withstand scrutiny," says the Progressive Health Forum, a group of leading medical experts in the country.

 

 

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