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The first batch of COVID vaccines touched down in South Africa in February 2021. Health workers were the first to get a jab under the Sisonke study. But even before the country had bought any jabs, our reporters were writing about the logistics and the politics of the project. If you want to know how well the vaccines work, how the different jabs compare or what it takes to create a vaccine from research, to regulation, to rollout, you’re at the right place.

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[WATCH] A dummy’s guide to COVID vaccine approvals

Aisha Abdool Karim, Joan van Dyk, Dylan Bush and Yolanda Mdzeke

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March 10, 2021

Aisha Abdool Karim, Joan van Dyk, Dylan Bush and Yolanda Mdzeke

March 10, 2021

South Africa’s medicine regulator is working to approve COVID-19 vaccines quickly, but the process won’t skip any important steps.

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Aisha Abdool Karim

Aisha Abdool Karim was a senior health reporter at Bhekisisa from 2020 to 2022.

Joan van Dyk

Joan van Dyk was a health journalist, senior health journalist and news editor at Bhekisisa between 2017 and 2023.

Dylan Bush

Dylan Bush was a health journalist at Bhekisisa from February 2016 to September 2023.

Yolanda Mdzeke

Yolanda Mdzeke was a junior multimedia reporter and multimedia reporter at Bhekisisa between March 2021 and June 2025.

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