South African President Cyril Ramaphosa Stated via television that South Africa has ordered a vaccine against COVID-19. Millions of doses already from many manufacturers And expected
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Ramaphosa said on television that "In addition to the 1 million doses of Covishield vaccine today We expect another 500,000 doses of the vaccine from the Indian Serum Institute (SII) to arrive at the end of February, ”he said. Which also informed that about 2 million doses of the vaccine will begin to be delivered by March. "
In addition, Ramaphosa added that another 9 million doses of the vaccine will come from Johnson & Johnson, which has entered into a contract with Aspen. Which is one of the largest South African companies To produce these vaccines domestically
Mr. Ramaphosa said, “Pfizer is also preparing to deliver 20 million doses of the vaccine to South Africa. Which will begin delivery in the second quarter "
The President of South Africa said. South Africa's goal is to order adequate quantities of vaccines to support local immunization That goal would be achieved if vaccination was given to 67% of the total population, or about 40 million people.