GALLERY: South Africa begins vaccine roll out
Healthcare workers the first to receive the jab
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is inoculated with a Covid-19 vaccine shot at the Khayelitsha Hospital in Cape Town on February 17, 2021. (Photo by GIANLUIGI GUERCIA / POOL / AFP)
Government has distributed the vaccines across 18 sites countrywide, where the first vaccinations of healthcare workers began on Wednesday.
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- Nurse Zoliswa Gidi-Dyosi in the Western Cape was the first person to receive the Covid-19 vaccine in South Africa. Picture: GCIS
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- South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is inoculated with a Covid-19 vaccine shot at the Khayelitsha Hospital in Cape Town on February 17, 2021. (Photo by GIANLUIGI GUERCIA / POOL / AFP)
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- A South African Health Worker is inoculated with a Covid-19 vaccine shot at the Khayelitsha Hospital in Cape Town on February 17, 2021. (Photo by GIANLUIGI GUERCIA / POOL / AFP)
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- South African Health Minister Zweli Mkhize is inoculated with a Covid-19 vaccine shot at the Khayelitsha Hospital in Cape Town. Picture: GIANLUIGI GUERCIA / POOL / AFP
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- A South African health worker is inoculated with a dose of Covid-19 vaccine at the Khayelitsha Hospital in Cape Town on February 17, 2021. (Photo by GIANLUIGI GUERCIA / AFP)
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- South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is briefed by a nurse before getting inoculated with a Covid-19 vaccine shot at the Khayelitsha Hospital in Cape Town on February 17, 2021. (Photo by GIANLUIGI GUERCIA / POOL / AFP)
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- South African President Cyril Ramaphosa gets ready to be inoculated with a Covid-19 vaccine shot at the Khayelitsha Hospital in Cape Town on February 17, 2021. (Photo by GIANLUIGI GUERCIA / POOL / AFP)
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- Gauteng Premier David Makhura conducts a site visit at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto, 17 February 2021, to oversee the rollout of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine to health workers. Picture: Michel Bega
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- Gauteng Health MEC Nomathemba Mokgethi receives the Johnson and Johnson vaccine at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto, 17 February 2021, in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. Picture: Michel Bega
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- Healthcare workers receiving the first batch of Johnson & Johnson vaccines. Picture: Michel Bega
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- A healthcare worker holds up a syringe of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto, 17 February 2021, as health workers receive the first jabs of the vaccine in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. Picture: Michel Bega
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- Healthcare workers receive the Johnson & Johnson vaccines at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto. Picture: Michel Bega
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- A healthcare worker holds up a syringe of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto, 17 February 2021, as health workers receive the first jabs of the vaccine in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. Picture: Michel Bega
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- Healthcare worker Dr Jared Tulloch is given a jab of the first batch of Johnson and Johnson vaccines at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto, 17 February 2021, in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. Picture: Michel Bega
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- Healthcare workers are given the jab of the first batch of Johnson & Johnson vaccines at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto on 17 February 2021, in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. Picture: Michel Bega
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- Healthcare workers administer the first batch of Johnson and Johnson vaccines at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto on 17 February 2021, as health workers receive the first jabs of the vaccine in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. Picture: Michel Bega
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- The current inoculation of healthcare workers is part of an extended study as the Johnson and Johnson vaccine is yet to receive authority from the health product regulator of South Africa. Picture: Michel Bega
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