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[WATCH] Is one better than none? Why SA’s teens are only getting half a COVID jab

Bhekisisa Team

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November 3, 2021

Bhekisisa Team

November 3, 2021

South Africa has enough unused doses of Pfizer vaccines to immunise half of the country’s 6.5-million children aged 12 to 17. This means matriculants will be protected as they sit their final school exams. But they’ll only be getting one dose of the two-shot vaccine.

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COVID-19 vaccines

[WATCH] Is one better than none? Why SA’s teens are only getting half a COVID jab

South Africa has enough unused doses of Pfizer vaccines to immunise half of the country’s 6.5-million children aged 12 to 17. This means matriculants will be protected as they sit their final school exams. But they’ll only be getting one dose of the two-shot vaccine.

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