NATASHA MARRIAN: Ramaphosa opens bars and beaches — but vaccine questions linger
02 February 2021 - 08:00
After the first of SA’s 42.5-million vaccine doses arrived on Monday, President Cyril Ramaphosa was resolute on two things: no one will be forced to take the jab, and it be made available to all adults in SA, regardless of their citizenship and residency status.
SA was predictably slow off the starting blocks to secure vaccines — seen as the best way to shake off the grip of the global pandemic — but it has, at least, been in negotiations with a number of companies in a bid to play catch up. ..
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