Johnson & Johnson vaccine rollout to resume on Wednesday

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize says the Johnson & Johnson vaccination drive through the Sisonke programme, will resume on Wednesday.

The trial was paused earlier this month after 6 patients in America developed a blood clot. It has since been established that there's a one in a million chance of developing a clot after taking the vaccine.

Mkhize said this was a huge development for the country's fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

The health minister added that they were now aiming to complete the vaccination of health workers with 95 sites across South Africa.

“Phase one is due to end on 16 May 2021 and we remain committed to vaccinating as many of the 1,2 million health care workers targeted as possible, despite the unforeseen interruption to our programme. The 95 sites will be published in the next issue of I Choose Vaccination Bulletin and on the Health and SA Coronavirus website.

Mkhize says those taking the vaccine should be mindful of the following side effects

“Issues of headache, dizziness, abdominal pain, vomiting… so we need people to ensure that they are always alert so that we can chat. But out of the 300,000 that have been vaccinated in SA, we haven’t had any serious symptoms.”

 

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