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Coronavirus: Why South Africa has yet to roll out vaccines – BBC News
South Africa is the worst-hit country in Africa, but has not yet started doing Covid-19 vaccinations.
By Peter MwaiBBC Reality Check
image captionSouth Africa has the highest number of infections in Africa
More than a third of all Covid-19 cases in Africa have been in South Africa and numbers are surging with the emergence of a new variant of the virus.
But unlike some other badly hit countries in the world, South Africa is yet to start its vaccination programme.
President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa has so far secured twenty million doses, due to be delivered in the first half of 2021.
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