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Feb
17
2021
By The African Mirror
South African President receives COVID-19 vaccine jab

South African President receives COVID-19 vaccine jab

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER WITH his eyes wide open, a smile underneath his mask and applause from health workers, South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa received a symbolic COVID-19 jab, hours after the Johnson and Johnson vaccines arrived in the country. Ramaphosa, accompanied by Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize, received his jab at the Khayelitsha Clinic in Cape Town. He said it was important for him to take the jab to demonstrate confidence and allay any fears about the vaccine. Mkhize also received a jab.  They were not the first to receive the J&J jab. Nurse Zoliswa Gidi-Dyosi is the first health…
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Dec
26
2020
By The African Mirror
South African health workers stretched as COVID-19 infections near 1 million

South African health workers stretched as COVID-19 infections near 1 million

NEWS
SHAFIEK TASSIEM and WENDELL ROELF MATRON Annamarie Odendaal has cancelled all staff holiday on the COVID-19 ward at the private Arwyp Medical Centre in Johannesburg as a second wave of the coronavirus threatens to overwhelm South Africa's health system. "I called them back because we are in a peak period now, so it's not easy for the staff because they also want to go back to their family members," she told Reuters on the ward on Christmas Day. "Sometimes they are tired but they never say 'I can't come to work'. The patient is really always first for them." A…
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