South Africa Vaccinates Less Than 40,000 as Roll-Out Begins

South Africa vaccinated 39,371 people over two days as its broad rollout of Covid-19 vaccines began, the National Department of Health said.

The slow-pace of the vaccination program, which is initially using the two-dose Pfizer Inc. vaccine, highlights the challenges the country is facing in reaching its aim of the inoculating the 40 million it needs to reach so-called herd immunity. The government has said the program will pick up pace.