The announcement by Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize on Wednesday night in a webinar that the first tranche of the vaccine doses will arrive in South Africa on 1 February, was long-awaited and welcomed by South Africans.
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- Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), and Salim S. Abdool Karim, FRS an infectious diseases epidemiologist and director of the Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa have been recognised for going beyond the line of duty as government advisors on health.
- Dr Vundli Ramokolo, a Specialist Scientist and Post-Doctoral Researcher within the HIV Prevention Research Unit (HPRU) at the South African Medical Research Council, has been awarded a research grant to the tune of R160 000.00 by the Foundation L’Oréal.