South Africa Begins Vaccine Rollout After J&J Shots Arrive
- President Cyril Ramaphosa among first to get inoculated
- South Africa has recorded almost 1.5 million Covid-19 cases
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South Africa began administering its first coronavirus vaccines on Wednesday, dispensing Johnson & Johnson shots to health workers and top politicians just hours after they arrived in the country from Belgium.
President Cyril Ramaphosa and Health Minister Zweli Mkhize were among those to be inoculated at a hospital in the Cape Town suburb of Khayelitsha. Their inclusion among the first group of people to be vaccinated was aimed at reassuring the public that they are safe, after surveys showed widespread hesitancy about receiving them.