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SAHPRA To Assess J&J Vaccines – Gqeberha in the News

12 June 2021 By Port Elizabethan

SAHPRA To Assess J&J Vaccines: The US will be sending 300,000 Johnson & Johnson vaccines to South Africa as a matter of extreme urgency. That’s while South Africa’s Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) evaluates J&J …
Source: “Gqeberha” – BingNews.

Elderly people wait and wait for vaccines in long queue in Gqeberha: Originally published by GroundUp/Joseph Chirume Hundreds of the elderly people waited in long queues outside the Raymond Mhlaba Sports Centre in Gqeberha on Friday for their turn to be vaccinated …
Source: “Gqeberha” – BingNews.

J&J vaccines need to be assessed following FDA announcement on possible contamination: Department of Health: The Department of Health says the Johnson & Johnson vaccines that are awaiting release from the Gqeberha plant in the Eastern Cape need to be further assessed by the South African Health Products …
Source: “Gqeberha” – BingNews.

Bay concern at rise in Covid-19 cases: With Nelson Mandela Bay declared a Covid-19 hotspot again, authorities fear a surge in new active cases in other parts of the province.
Source: “Gqeberha” – BingNews.

Teacher in sex text trouble — again: A teacher accused of sending inappropriate WhatsApp messages to two pupils at DF Malherbe High School resigned on Friday — seven years after he was fired from another Gqeberha school for a similar …
Source: “Gqeberha” – BingNews.

Anxious wait as Aspen’s J&J vaccine to undergo further assessment: The Health Department says there is a real possibility that the Johnson and Johnson vaccines awaiting distribution from Aspen’s Gqeberha plant, “may not be” suitable for use in South Africa.
Source: “Gqeberha” – BingNews.

300k J&J Covid-19 vaccines to be shipped to SA ‘urgently’: In this taken on May 07, 2021, Johnson & Johnson?s Janssen Covid-19 vaccines are seen on a table The Department of Health says 300,000 doses of the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) vaccine have been cleared …
Source: “Gqeberha” – BingNews.

FDA orders J&J to discard 60 million doses of vaccines due to possible contamination: The New York Times reports that the Food and Drug Administration has decided that about 60 million doses of Johnson & Johnson vaccines manufactured at a contaminated plant in the United States be …
Source: “Gqeberha” – BingNews.

FDA approve release of J&J vaccine drug substance for emergency use: The FDA says it’s satisfied that two batches are safe for use, and the release is a critical step to increase the availability of the much-needed J&J vaccine worldwide.
Source: “Gqeberha” – BingNews.


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