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.
