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COVID-19 Vaccine | South Africa to dispose 2 million J&J doses over contamination fears – Port Elizabeth in the News

14 June 2021 By Port Elizabethan

COVID-19 Vaccine | South Africa to dispose 2 million J&J doses over contamination fears: Burden of bridging the vaccine gap will now fall on the country’s largest pharma company Aspen Pharmacare Holdings, which will begin producing the vaccines by mid-week at its factory in Gqebherha …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

South Africa will not release unsuitable J&J vaccine doses after US ruling: South Africa will not allow some Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines to be used following a US ruling that ingredients for the country’s doses may have …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

Third wave surge: J&J vaccines mixed with contaminated substances won’t be released, rules SAHPRA: After reviewing the data provided by the Food and Drug Administration in the United States, South Africa has decided against releasing Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccines that were completed in …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

South Africa pulls two million doses of Johnson & Johnson vaccine: Johannesburg: South Africa, which is struggling to roll out its inoculation programme as it enters a third wave of the coronavirus pandemic, said Sunday it will pull two million of doses of the …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

2 million of South Africa’s COVID-19 vaccines to be destroyed: South Africa will likely have to destroy two million doses of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccines due to contamination concerns.
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

South Africa Won’t Release Unsuitable Batches of J&J Vaccine: South Africa will not allow some Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccines to be used following a U.S. ruling that ingredients for the country’s doses may have been contaminated during production in a plant …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.


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