Don’t blame vaccine queue jumpers
The system needs to be fixed, and fast, or the next stage of the rollout will descend into chaos
25 February 2021 - 05:00
SA has joined more than 90 nations that have started to dispense coronavirus vaccines. That’s something to celebrate.
Thanks to some fancy footwork and barely any sleep, SA Medical Research Council president Prof Glenda Gray and health minister Zweli Mkhize this month rescued the government’s vaccine rollout with a swift pivot to the Johnson & Johnson jab after plans to launch with AstraZeneca’s shot were torpedoed at the eleventh hour by bad news about its efficacy...
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