More Vaccines Procured, No Time Frames
Written by Mfundo on 29 March, 2021
By: Zilungile Mkhize
President Cyril Ramaphosa has confirmed that South Africa will be receiving 30-million Johnson & Jonson vaccines in due course.
He has been addressing media during a visit to an Aspen Factory in the Eastern Cape, where J&J is producing its COVID-19 vaccine.
Ramaphosa has not given a time frame for when the country will receive the jabs, but says having them produced locally places the country in a better condition than where it was a few months ago.
Last week he confirmed that government would miss the deadline to inoculate at least 60% of the population, by the end of the year.
Johnson & Jonson has committed to producing 200-million doses for the entire African continent, a number that might still rise in the near future.
Ramaphosa adds that South Africa is trailing far behind developed countries, when it comes vaccinating its people.
We are still in Phase 1 of our vaccine rollout strategy. Government is committed to making all efforts to ensure that vaccines are available for our health workers, and in later phases for our citizens. https://t.co/MDQbunMqa5
— Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 (@CyrilRamaphosa) March 29, 2021
Simphiwe Ntombela is the Production Manager at the Aspen Pharmacare sterile manufacturing facility in Gqeberha, Eastern Cape – he is taking President @CyrilRamaphosa and Deputy President @DDMabuza through a tour of the facility. #WeAreVaccination #InvestSA #GrowSouthAfrica pic.twitter.com/U4S0c0bDK9
— The Presidency 🇿🇦 (@PresidencyZA) March 29, 2021
