Question NW1802 to the Minister of Health
02 September 2021 - NW1802
Chirwa, Ms NN to ask the Minister of Health
What (a) is the current status of vaccine availability in the Republic, (b)(i) total number of vaccines are being used and (ii) from which companies and (c) is the current status for approving the (i) Sinovac and (ii) Sputnik V vaccines?
Reply:
a) Covid-19 Vaccines are widely available across all provinces and there are vaccination sites, fixed or mobile in every local municipal area.
b) (i) Two vaccines are presently in daily use
(ii) Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson
c) (i) Sinovac has been conditionally approved by SAHPRA for use in adults. The conditions primarily relate to evidence of efficacy and safety for use in people with HIV & AIDS and evidence of efficacy against Delta variant in a real-life setting (not laboratory Based). The NDOH has conducted an economic assessment and is presently engaged in the preparatory procurement process to obtain a price and availability information from the applicant.
(ii) The regulator has received two applications for Sputnik V vaccine but neither has been approved for use yet..
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