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Added on the 07/01/2021 10:45:58 - Copyright : Wochit
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa gets vaccinated with the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine in Khayelitsha township, Cape Town. South Africa has started its vaccination drive after a delayed start caused by concerns about the ability of the Oxford-AstraZeneca formula to shield against a widespread variant of the virus. Health care workers were the first to receive the vaccine. IMAGES
South Africa has taken delivery of its first shipment of coronavirus vaccines. President Cyril Ramaphosa watches as the batch of one million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine is offloaded at the OR Tambo International Airport outside Johannesburg. IMAGES
People queue in their cars to get vaccinated against Covid-19 at a drive-thu vaccination centre in Cape Town. Dozens of nations from Europe to Asia have imposed travel restrictions on South Africa and its neighbours since its scientists flagged Omicron last week. IMAGES
Passengers walk in a terminal at Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands after authorities test whether 61 passengers who tested positive for Covid-19 after arriving from South Africa have the new Omicron strain. IMAGES
Police Minister Bheki Cele, and several members of the police force, receive the Johnson & Johnson vaccination against Covid-19, as South Africa faces mounting infections taking the countries new cumulative total past two million. IMAGES
Thousands of South African opposition activists rally in Pretoria to demand a faster coronavirus vaccination rollout in the continent's worst-hit country. The far-left opposition Economic Freedom Fighters party is also pushing for the use of Chinese and Russian vaccines, warning it would stage a sit-in at the home of the regulator's chairwoman if it did not approve the emergency use of the jabs within seven days. IMAGES