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Senegal issues denial after media report of deaths linked to AstraZeneca

Senegal's health authorities issued a denial after a newspaper on Friday said three deaths had been caused by the AstraZeneca anti-COVID vaccine. National vaccination coordinator Ousseynou Badiane confirmed that three people who had passed away several weeks ago had received the vaccine, but there was "no established link" between the jab and their deaths. "A causal relationship has yet to be established. It is the experts who will determine this," […]

today17 April 2021

International News

Australia drops vaccine goal after AstraZeneca advice change

Australia has abandoned its target of vaccinating nearly all the country’s 26 million people against COVID-19 by the end of 2021 after medical authorities changed their advice on vaccine use for the under-50s. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Australia would not set any new target for administering all first doses. “The Government has also not set, nor has any plans to set any new targets for completing first doses,” Morrison […]

today12 April 2021

Local

First batch of SA’s Astra Zeneca vaccines sent to AU

The first batch of SA's unwanted Astra Zeneca vaccine doses have been dispatched to the AU, the health ministry said on Friday. SA sold its supply of the vaccine, totalling 1 million doses, to the AU after tests showed it offered scant protection against the 501Y.V2 variant of the coronavirus that was discovered in SA at the end of last year. “Although it was a difficult decision for us to […]

today2 April 2021

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