More Covid vaccines expected to arrive soon
Updated | By Gcinokuhle Malinga
South Africa's readying itself for the arrival of hundreds of thousands more Covid vaccines.
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize says they're packaged and waiting to be delivered.
Speaking in Limpopo on Thursday, he said the jabs will be released sometime next week after they're given the green light.
"All of our vaccines are ready, they are packed and they are stored. They are waiting to be given the go-ahead and then they will come."
"It will be coming through, but we have already received our first batch from Pfizer, which is about 300 000.
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"We will be receiving all 300 000 every week until the end of the month and that will be doubled to 600 000 every week until the end of June."
"We are really pushing to get more and more vaccines so we are distributing them all across."
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