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She got the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine which was administered at the Khayelitsha Hospital.
The first 80 000 doses of the vaccine arrived from America on Tuesday evening.
Nurse Zoliswa Gigi-Dyosi has made his history, becoming the first South African to receive the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine. Photo credit: @GovernmentZASource: Facebook
Gidi-Dyosi falls into the group that gets the Covid-19 jab in the first stage of the vaccine rollout.
In total 16 staff were vaccinated and will be monitored for a period of time.
A total of 9 million doses have been ordered from Johnson & Johnson.
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12 million doses have been secured through the Covax facility and 20 million doses have been ordered from Pfizer.
Earlier,Briefly.co.zareported that PresidentCyril Ramaphosahas announced that thefirst batch of Johnson & Johnson vaccineshas arrived in South Africa.
In other news, the first batch of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine has arrived in South Africa.
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The Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine arrived at the OR Tambo International Airport.
The vaccine doses have reportedly been transported to a secure facility in Gauteng ahead of distribution.
The distribution will happen overnight and the vaccine doses will be sent to vaccine centres in all provinces.
South Africans are now concerned about thevaccines' expiry date dueto the issues with the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine.
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