The country’s teachers are waiting on the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) closely this week as it pondered whether to approve and release millions of doses of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine.
The regulator is expected to
give an update on manufacturing conditions at a US factory that had to stop the
release of vast batches of the vaccine.
According to IOL there are
suspicions it had been contaminated by the AstraZeneca shot. Among those vials
are 480,000 shots that had been earmarked for South Africa's educators.
But the clock is ticking as
the doses will expire later this month. Crisp said that they had planned
extensively to roll out the vaccine quickly and he was sure that they would be
able to administer all of them if they arrived on time.
The South African Health
Products Regulatory Authority (Sahpra) also said that it was awaiting feedback
from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) over the safety of the Johnson
& Johnson COVID-19 vaccine.
Picture: KaiPfizer.net
By Everngelista Muza
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