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Lenias Hwenda | The implications of the transition from pandemic to endemic phase for African Countries?
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04 February 2022 | South Africa has been offered a lot of vaccines, that it has turned down which has made donors very unhappy. "I don't think donors always understand that the logistics of each vaccine is different. Countries need time to gear up, so you can't have a shelf life of a month or two months to distribute a vaccine and get the cold chain properly in place, to be able to be responsible about the way you procure needles and syringes and to vaccinate people. It's not something you organise over a weekend." Dr Nicholas Crisp the Deputy Director General of National Health Insurance and the National Coordinator for Cvid-19 vaccination in South Africa explaining whether African countries should accept vaccines that are close to expiry which in turn generates negative press about their failure to utilise vaccines.
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