Coronavirus

South Africa To Give Unapproved COVID Vaccine To Health Care Workers

The health minister said the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine is safe.

South Africa To Give Unapproved COVID Vaccine To Health Care Workers
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South Africa will begin giving frontline health care workers an unapproved coronavirus vaccine.

The health minister said the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine is safe.

No country has approved it, but he said data shows it to be more effective than the AstraZeneca vaccine against the variant spreading in the country.