South Africa mulls ‘stepped’ rollout to test AstraZeneca Covid-19 jab against local variant after study raises efficacy concerns ...News

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Around 100,000 people in South Africa could be given the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine to test if it is effective at protecting against the local variant of the virus, the government's chief scientific adviser said on Monday. South Africa's health minister announced on Sunday that the government was putting a “temporary hold” on its rollout of the AstraZeneca vaccine after a study suggested it would not work against the 501.V2 variant. On Monday, government adviser Salim Abdool Karim said health chiefs are now looking at a “stepped” rollout of the vaccine where 100,000 people are given the jab, with the option for it to then be given to

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