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Jun

2021

By The African Mirror

Moderna to supply vaccines to Botswana

COVID-19

MODERNA Inc has entered a supply agreement with the Botswana government for its COVID-19 vaccine. The Botswana Medicines Regulatory Authority (BMRA) has issued an emergency use authorization for the vaccine, Moderna said. The latest agreement is separate from the 500 million vaccine doses, which Moderna has agreed to supply to the GAVI-led COVAX vaccine sharing scheme, the company said.

Jan

2021

By The African Mirror

South Africa expects first vaccine doses February 1

COVID-19

ALEXANDER WINNING SOUTH Africa expects the flight carrying its first 1 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to arrive on February 1, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said yesterday, boosting efforts to curb a second wave of COVID-19 driven by a more contagious variant. The AstraZeneca shots, produced by the Serum Institute of India (SII), are destined for the country's sorely stretched frontline healthcare workers. South Africa has recorded the most coronavirus infections and deaths on the African continent, at more than 1.4 million cases and over 41,000 deaths to date, and has been battling a second wave of infections dominated by a…