Covid in SA
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nairiporter'Grim Milestone' as South Africa Records Deadliest Covid-19 Day
https://allafrica.com/view/group/main/main/id/00076387.html
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has confirmed that the nation recorded 21,832 new cases of Covid-19, and 844 deaths. This marks the deadliest 24-hour period for new Covid-19 infections and deaths in the nation yet. The previous highest number of deaths in a single day was 572 during July 2020. To date, 1,149,591 cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in the nation of which 31,368 were fatal and 929,239 resulted in recoveries.
One Million Doses of Covid-19 Vaccine Secured for South Africa
https://allafrica.com/view/group/main/main/id/00076393.html
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has confirmed that the nation will receive one million doses of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine in January 2021 and a further 500,000 doses in February in a deal struck with the Serum Institute of India. An estimated 1.25 million public and private frontline healthcare workers will be first in line to receive the vaccine, Mkhize said. This comes as the country faces a second wave of infections from a mutated strain of the novel coronavirus and the highest number of Covid-19-related deaths since July 2020.
https://allafrica.com/view/group/main/main/id/00076387.html
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has confirmed that the nation recorded 21,832 new cases of Covid-19, and 844 deaths. This marks the deadliest 24-hour period for new Covid-19 infections and deaths in the nation yet. The previous highest number of deaths in a single day was 572 during July 2020. To date, 1,149,591 cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in the nation of which 31,368 were fatal and 929,239 resulted in recoveries.
One Million Doses of Covid-19 Vaccine Secured for South Africa
https://allafrica.com/view/group/main/main/id/00076393.html
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has confirmed that the nation will receive one million doses of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine in January 2021 and a further 500,000 doses in February in a deal struck with the Serum Institute of India. An estimated 1.25 million public and private frontline healthcare workers will be first in line to receive the vaccine, Mkhize said. This comes as the country faces a second wave of infections from a mutated strain of the novel coronavirus and the highest number of Covid-19-related deaths since July 2020.
