11 January 2021 1 Min Read
20 million vaccine doses secured, 'mainly in the course of this year': Ramaphosa
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SA has secured 20 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines, with most to be delivered this year.
This is according to President Cyril Ramaphosa, who was speaking on Monday night.
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President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that SA would remain under level 3 lockdown on January 11 2021. Previous level 3 restrictions, as well as the closure of the countries land borders will remain in place until SA has passed the peak of the virus’s second wave.
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He said that the country was “exploring all avenues to get as many vaccine doses as possible for South Africans”.
“While there are several promising negotiations with a number of different manufacturers that still need to be concluded, we have to date secured 20 million doses, to be delivered mainly in the course of the year, and a substantial amount of it in the first half of the year,” he said.
Further announcements would be made as the negotiations were concluded, he said.
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