President Cyril Ramaphosa and Deputy president David Mabuza received the first batch of covid-19
President Cyril Ramaphosa and Deputy president David Mabuza, who chairs the inter-ministerial committee on vaccines, were on hand to receive south Africa’s first consignment of covid-19 vaccines as Emirates Airlines flight EK761 arrived from Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj international Airport, Mumbai, India.
The first shipment of the Oxford University-AstraZeneca vaccine from serum institute of India (Sll) left Mumbai on Sunday.
The 1 million doses of the AstraZaneca Covishield vaccine is earmarked for health workers, according to the presidency, Ramaphosa and Mabuza were joined at the arrival event by health minister Zweli Nkhize, acting minister in the presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, High commissioner of the Republic of India His Excellency Jaideep Sarkar and Dr Morena Makhoana, chief executive officer of Biovax.