WATCH: Why SA stopped AstraZeneca vaccine roll-out

SA’s vaccine roll-out will not happen as planned after data revealed that the 1-million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine received last week have been found to be less effective against the new Covid-19 variant in the country.

Business Day TV spoke to Alex van den Heever, health & social security systems specialist at Wits University, (https://youtu.be/n0XUFhUc91s) for more on what this delay means for the country as the third wave of the pandemic is expected to hit in June...

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