Question NW869 to the Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation
25 March 2021 - NW869
Gwarube, Ms S to ask the Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation
What is the breakdown of the R95 million allocated by the Government towards the development of COVID-19 (a) vaccines, (b) treatment and (c) therapeutics?
Reply:
The Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) has committed an amount of ~R95 million for COVID-19 biomedical research and innovation activities covering in the following fields of research:
|
Research field |
Amount disbursed |
|
a) Prevention and vaccines |
R7 684 831 |
|
b) Repurposing of Drugs for Treatment |
R8 483 130 |
|
c) Convalescent sera |
R4 571 244 |
|
d) Understanding the disease |
R2 877 495 |
|
e) Diagnostics |
R16 491 509 |
|
f) Genomic Surveillance |
R36 338 830 |
|
g) Wastewater Surveillance |
R345 989 |
|
h) Surveillance /Epidemiology |
R2 128 665 |
|
i) 501Y.V2 variant |
R7 636 395 |
|
Total amount committed /disbursed |
R86 558 088 |
|
Amount still to be allocated |
R8 441 912 |