November 13 2021 - 11:44
Health workers power up Covid-19 defences with J&J booster jabs
Healthcare workers lined up slowly this week for a booster shot of the J&J Covid-19 vaccine, with about 6,000 getting a second dose of the vaccine after it became available, said Prof Glenda Gray on Friday.
The Sisonke 2 study, led by Gray and Prof Linda-Gail Bekker, from Wednesday offered healthcare workers a booster shot of the J&J vaccine ahead of a fourth wave predicted for summer.
Two doses of the J&J vaccine given 56 days apart gives 100% protection against death and severe Covid-19, and 75% against symptomatic Covid-19, the results of the Ensemble 2 clinical trial found.
COVID-19 WRAP | SA records 306 new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours
November 13 2021 - 21:12
SA records 306 new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours
SA recorded 306 new confirmed Covid-19 cases in 24 hours. This brings the cumulative total of cases in the country since the start of the pandemic to 2,925,677 cases.
Seven daily deaths were also recorded since Friday, bringing the national death toll of Covid-19 related deaths to 89,476.
The total number of vaccines administered since the start of the vaccine rollout is 23,911,477.
November 13 2021 - 11:44
Health workers power up Covid-19 defences with J&J booster jabs
Healthcare workers lined up slowly this week for a booster shot of the J&J Covid-19 vaccine, with about 6,000 getting a second dose of the vaccine after it became available, said Prof Glenda Gray on Friday.
The Sisonke 2 study, led by Gray and Prof Linda-Gail Bekker, from Wednesday offered healthcare workers a booster shot of the J&J vaccine ahead of a fourth wave predicted for summer.
Two doses of the J&J vaccine given 56 days apart gives 100% protection against death and severe Covid-19, and 75% against symptomatic Covid-19, the results of the Ensemble 2 clinical trial found.
November 13 2021 - 08:30
Will the health department's second attempt at vaccinating half a million citizens be achieved this time?