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The first batch of COVID vaccines touched down in South Africa in February 2021. Health workers were the first to get a jab under the Sisonke study. But even before the country had bought any jabs, our reporters were writing about the logistics and the politics of the project. If you want to know how well the vaccines work, how the different jabs compare or what it takes to create a vaccine from research, to regulation, to rollout, you’re at the right place.

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Born before 1986? Here’s how to get a COVID vaccine without an appointment

By Yolanda Mdzeke, Aisha Abdool Karim and Mohale Moloi

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We look at who can get a COVID vaccine under phase two of South Africa’s national roll-out, what happens when you walk into a site and how the cost of shots are covered.

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Yolanda Mdzeke is a multimedia reporter at Bhekisisa.

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Aisha Abdool Karim was a senior health reporter at Bhekisisa from 2020 to 2022.

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Mohale Moloi is Bhekisisa's television producer and a health journalist.

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