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President Cyril Ramaphosa took to the podium to address South Africans on developments in the nationsCovid-19response.
South Africa is moving from Alert Level Three to Alert Level One.
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Earlier,Briefly.co.zareported that the second batch of Johnson & JohnsonCovid-19 vaccines has arrived in South Africaon Saturday morning.
In other news, a South African based immunotherapy firm hasdeveloped Africa’s first Covid-19 vaccine- Shantivax.
The vaccines were designed and developed by scientists from GenLab based in Gqeberha, Eastern Cape.
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The vaccine prototype was developed in collaboration with a Danish company.
The vaccine is currently undergoing pre-clinical trials.
Reports say the South African vaccine will elicit both a T-cell and antibody response.
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