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South African opposition party goes to court to seek vaccine clarity

South African opposition party goes to court to seek vaccine clarity

SOUTH Africa's opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) is going to court to force President Cyril Ramaphosa's government to release details of its COVID-19 vaccination plans. The government has been accused by health experts, scientists and political rivals of tardiness in procuring vaccines against the new coronavirus - charges it rejects. South Africa has suffered a surge in infections driven by a new, more contagious variant of the virus called 501Y.V2, which drove daily new cases to 21,000 in early January, although they have now eased to below 10,000. "Ramaphosa wants a get-out-of-jail-free card by blaming the West for having ordered in…
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