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Africa's first Covid-19 vaccine factory, which has not received a single order, will now be adapted to produce other drugs, according to media reports.
Two cities mantra is given new meaning
Perhaps, until the – necessary – rigorous scientific and regulatory processes have concluded, it’s better to trust in vaccines which have been developed, evaluated, approved and monitored around the world, writes Carlo Jonkerman.
The World Health Organization Africa, together with South African National Bioinformatics Institute and the University of the Western Cape are launching a new Regional Centre of Excellence for Genomic Surveillance and Bioinformatics in Cape Town.
The statistics about Covid-19 vaccine efficacy have only focused on one aspect of immunity: antibodies. But there’s another aspect too: T-cells, a key part of our immune systems.
UWC’s Associate Professor of Medical Biosciences Megan Shaw said the fact that none of the vaccines contains the Covid virus should assure people that the vaccines do not contain infectious material.
The only thing that has been proven conclusively is that new variants spread more easily, but there is no conclusive evidence that they are becoming deadlier, writes UWC virologist Professor Burtram Fielding.
Reports of people dying from the Covid-19 vaccine is often cited as a reason for vaccine hesitancy in South Africa.
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