Weekend Argus (Saturday Edition)
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Covid vaccines
THE Chinese Embassy in Pretoria has welcomed the SA Health Products Regulatory Authority’s (Sahpra) registration of the Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine for adults in South Africa. The vaccine is made by the Beijing Institute of Biological Products Co Ltd.
Sahpra has also registered the Comirnaty vaccine by Pfizer Laboratories for use in South Africa in addition to the Sinopharm vaccine. The health regulator said this week that both vaccines had been registered in terms of section 15 of the Medicines and Related Substances Act with conditions.