Editorial

South Africa should be using all the COVID-19 vaccines available to it – urgently

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W D F Venter, S A Madhi, J Nel, M Mendelson, A van den Heever, M Moshabela

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W D F Venter, Ezintsha, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

S A Madhi, South African Medical Research Council Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Analytics Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

J Nel, Head of Division of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

M Mendelson, Division of Infectious Diseases and HIV Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa

A van den Heever, Adjunct Professor and Chair, Social Security Systems Administration and Management Studies, Wits School of Governance, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

M Moshabela, Chief Medical Specialist and Dean in the School of Nursing and Public Health, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

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Keywords

South Africa; COVID-19; Vaccine; AstraZeneca; Government; African Union

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South African Medical Journal 2021;111(5):390-392. DOI:10.7196/SAMJ.2021.v111i5.15716

Article History

Date submitted: 2021-03-25
Date published: 2021-03-25

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