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Africa-Press<\/a> – South-Africa<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Johannesburg – Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has announced that over 325 000 Pfizer vaccine doses were expected to land in South Africa on Sunday night.<\/p>\n

In an update on the delivery of Johnson and Johnson and Pfizer vaccine doses, Mkhize said 325 260 Pfizer vaccine doses were expected to arrive at Johannesburg\u2019s OR Tambo International Airport at about 11.45pm.<\/p>\n

He said a National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure (NATJOINTS) was on guard to monitor the security of the transportation of the vaccine at the airport and to ensure the safe passage of the vaccine to the various vaccination sites.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey have engaged all security agencies to ensure all necessary security procedures are in place for safe delivery of the vaccines and made the necessary arrangements with the police. \u201cUpon arrival the entire batch will be transported initially to a central warehouse.<\/p>\n

\u201cSamples will be sent to the National Control Laboratory for quality assurance and, after release, will be distributed to the provinces,\u201d said Mkhize.<\/p>\n

Mkhize said South Africa would be receiving about 300 000 Pfizer vaccine doses on a weekly basis until the end of May and this would be doubled to abut 630 000 weekly doses from June.<\/p>\n

South Africa expects to have secured at least 4.5 million Pfizer vaccine doses by the end of June, he said.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, on the Johnson and Johnson vaccine, Mkhize said doses which were due to be dispatched from Gqeberha were expected to be released around the middle of May.<\/p>\n

He said this was due to a protracted safety verification process with international regulatory agencies such as the FDA, EMA and SAHPRA.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a precautionary measure following the adverse findings during inspection of Emergent BioSolutions Bayview facility in the United States of America, one of the manufacturing partners of Johnson and Johnson, which prompted the authorities to extend their assessments of all Johnson and Johnson stock worldwide.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese assessments are still underway. We are confident that the final outcome will be positive and that, provided there are no further disruptions, Johnson and Johnson will be in a position to release the stock from the Aspen plant in Gqeberha by the middle of May.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe stock is currently finished and ready for dispatch. In the meantime, we will continue to vaccinate our health care workers with the remaining early access doses of Johnson and Johnson (through the Sisonke Protocol) and we will proceed to vaccinate with Pfizer.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe therefore continue to call on all healthcare workers, including traditional healers, and all citizens 60 years and above to register on the EVDS as we continue to rollout vaccines,\u201d said Mkhize.<\/p>\n

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