The health ministry will issue a tender on February 5 to store and distribute Covid-19 vaccines, it said on Thursday, in an effort to speed up a vaccine rollout that opposition leaders and scientists have said is too slow.

The qualifying bidders will be involved in phases 2 and 3 three of the country’s vaccine programme, director-general Sandile Buthelezi told Reuters...

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