South Africa is shutting down many Covid-19 vaccination sites
Many private Covid-19 vaccination sites in South Africa are shutting down because they are no longer financially viable.
At the same time, public sites might also function at a lower capacity as the sector is shifting its attention...
Apple staff will have to get Covid-19 vaccine or test frequently
Apple Inc. will begin mandating frequent Covid-19 testing for U.S. employees who aren’t vaccinated, while letting inoculated workers get checked less often.
The push, which begins next month, will apply to U.S. offices and...
This is Dis-Chem's plan to provide COVID-19 vaccines in South Africa
Dis-Chem will start to administer between 500 and 600 Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines per site at 11 mass vaccination sites in five provinces from Monday 24 May.
Dis-Chem is planning to vaccinate around 6,000 people per day...
South Africa signs COVID-19 vaccine deal with Pfizer
South Africa finalized a deal to receive 20 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine produced by Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE from mid-April, allowing the country to prepare for a broad roll-out of inoculations after a series of setbacks.
The...
Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine approved for South Africa
Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccine has been approved by South African regulators for general use days after President Cyril Ramaphosa said the country will get more than 30 million doses.
The South African Health Products...
Apple encourage staff to get vaccinated
Apple Inc. is encouraging employees to get Covid-19 vaccines by offering paid time off for appointments and paid sick leave for those experiencing side effects, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
The Cupertino, California-based technology...
South Africa's new COVID-19 vaccine plan will target 200,000 jabs per day
Health Minister Zwele Mkhize has outlined a new plan to rapidly speed up South Africa's COVID-19 vaccination efforts to reach herd immunity by early 2022, the Sunday Times has reported.
According to the newspaper, Mkhize...
New Facebook tool will tell users when and where to get a COVID-19 vaccine
Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently announced that the company would launch a campaign to bring 50 million people closer to getting the COVID-19 vaccine.
As part of this, Facebook has developed a tool that will show...