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Africa-Press<\/a> – South-Africa<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Cape Town – President Cyril Ramaphosa will address the nation at 8pm on Sunday, on developments in the country\u2019s response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Presidency said.<\/p>\n

The address follows meetings in recent days of the National Coronavirus Command Council (NCCC), the President\u2019s Coordinating Council (PCC) and Cabinet.<\/p>\n

The president\u2019s latest \u201cfamily meeting\u201d comes as South Africa\u2019s Covid-19 death rate rose to 49 941 on Saturday, after 157 more people succumbed to the virus.<\/p>\n

The country recorded 1447 new cases of the virus on February 27, bringing the cumulative number of cases to 1 512 225.<\/p>\n

However, recoveries now stand at 1 429 047, which represents a recovery rate of 94 percent.<\/p>\n

The country currently has 33 237 active Covid-19 cases, with the highest number being in KwaZulu-Natal, which has 9624 cases. This is followed by the Free State, with 6442 cases, Western Cape (6132) and Gauteng (3695).<\/p>\n

South Africa began its vaccination rollout last week, and the Health Department said on Saturday that 67 303 healthcare workers have been vaccinated so far.<\/p>\n

The rapid rollout of the Johnson and Johnson (J&J) vaccine to healthcare workers through the Sisonke Programme is a critical first step in the three-phase national vaccination rollout plan, the department said.<\/p>\n

Another batch of 80 000 doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine arrived in South Africa from Brussels on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The actual J&J vaccine has yet to be commercially approved for use in the country \u2013 that process is still under way.<\/p>\n

On Saturday the US government authorised the use of the Johnson & Johnson single-dose Covid-19 vaccine on over-18s.<\/p>\n

The US Food and Drug Administration announced the emergency use authorization of the J&J vaccine following Friday’s unanimous endorsement by the agency’s panel of outside experts. Shipments to vaccination sites are expected to begin Sunday or Monday.<\/p>\n

The Russian-made coronavirus vaccine, Sputnik V might be the next vaccine to arrive on our shores.<\/p>\n

This comes after the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (Sahpra) confirmed that it has received documentation for the vaccine developed by the Gamaleya Institute in Russia.<\/p>\n

IOL and Reuters<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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