Report: South Africa Asks Indian Maker Of AstraZeneca Vaccine To Take Back One Million Doses

Topline

The South African government has asked drugmaker Serum Institute of India (SII) to take back the one million doses of the AstraZeneca-Oxford Covid-19 vaccines it had sent in early February, the Economic Times reported on Tuesday, a week after the country suspended the use of the shot after preliminary studies suggested limited effectiveness against the more contagious local variant of the virus.

Key Facts

South Africa received one million doses of the license-made AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine last week and another 500,000 were set to arrive in the next few weeks.

South Africa’s health minister previously noted that the vaccines which arrived from India have an expiry date in April and had asked SII to swap them out for doses with later expiry dates.

But after the vaccines roll out was halted last week, the minister said the government may sell the doses to other nations.

The country, which has yet to begin its vaccination program, will begin vaccinating health workers with the Johnson & Johnson single dose shot as part of an “implementation study” with researchers, although a date for the rollout has not yet been set.

The Economic Times report cited officials aware of the development, however, SII has not yet commented on the issue.

Key Background

Last week, South Africa halted plans to roll out the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine after a preliminary study suggested that the shot provides “minimal protection” against mild disease from the more contagious variant of the virus spreading in the country. This decision was made despite the World Health Organization giving emergency approval to the shot allowing it to be rolled out in several poorer nations. The AstraZeneca-Oxford shot is currently being rolled out in large scale across several countries including the U.K., India and it has also been approved for emergency use by the Australian government.

Tangent

SII, the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer, has emerged as a key supplier of the AstraZeneca shot around the world. Even the U.K., which is home to AstraZeneca, is reportedly auditing SII’s sites for future orders of the vaccine amid a crunch in supplies. Last year, SII inked a deal with AstraZeneca to manufacture a billion doses of the Oxford vaccine for India and lower- and middle-income countries during the pandemic and sell it at the cost of production. The firm has a similar license manufacturing deal for Novavax’s vaccine candidate and is also developing its own vaccine.

Further Reading

South Africa Asks SII To Take Back 1mn Covid Vaccines (Economic Times)

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  1. Y the Indian COVID VAX Strategy, is doomed ? That should NOT even be a question !
    1st – Only 200000 are being vaxed in a day ! At this rate,it will take 20 years to vax 100%
    2nd – In a a few days,people who were vaxed will start dying, and then the number of daily vaxes, will go down – which is pure disaster
    3rd – Most Important is not that antibodies are created or not.The key issue is ,will the Vax, prevent transmission, to those Not Vaxed
    4th – A person who naturally has created,or can create antibodies,will get NO Marginal gains from the VAX
    5th – Soon the mutated strains will hit India – and that will make the entire VAX supply chain a DUD (as the VAX is useless on the mutated strains)
    6th – Those who took the 1st shot, MAY NOT take the 2nd shot, and that will make the VAX useless
    7th – The Mutated virus in Mexico,Brazil and UK /EU has found new ways to enter and attack the organs.Which is Y the VAX roll out there, is measured and cautious.In other words, the attack protocol of the mutated virus (in terms of its attack methodology on healthy cells) has CHANGED.No one knows what mutations,the Indian VAX will bring
    8th – Whatever Chaiwala touches is doomed – and so will the VAX be doomed
    9th – Issue is NOT many Indians will die in 3 months – it is how many Indians will become Zombies – 3-5 years down the road
    10th – To VAX 300 million will take 5 years, at todays strike rate – which is doom by itself.If 300 million are not vaxed in 9 months – THE VAX will fail in any case
    11th – The VAX should 1st target the high density population areas like Delhi,Mumbai etc – but the Indian VAX numbers on a per capita basis (to local population) IS NOT COMING from the HIGH DENSITY AREAS. Chaiwala is using Snall Town Indians as GUINEA PIGS in the 1st place !
    The most crowd contact, is of Politicians and RSS social workers (who are like John the Baptist).WHY NOT VAX THESE PEOPLE IN THE 1ST PHASE – AND THEN EXPORT TO BRAZIL ?
    Indians have to do back to basics ! dindooohindoo
    Cow Dung,Cock Dung, Bird Dung . Goat Dung ,Cow Piss, Goat Piss Elephant Piss
    Elephant Urine
    Elephant urine “gajamutra” is used as an alkaline decoction preparation for a supposed cure to malignant sores. [ Ci.9.16 ] [ Ray 131
    Goat Dung and Urine
    Goat droppings “ajashakrt” are prescribed as an accessory to surgical cauterization and is used for cauterizing diseased skin. In powdered form after drying and compounding with honey and cow’s urine it is used as a linctus for jaundice. [ Su 12.3 ] [ Utt.44.19 ] [Ray 130 ] Goat urine “ajamutra” is an ingredient for a paste that restores the natural colour to a cicatrix. [ Ci.I.86 ] [ Ray 130 ]
    Cock Dung and other Birds’ Droppings
    The dung of a specially fed cock “kukkutapurisha” is prescribed as an ingredient for a plaster used to cure malignant skin diseases [ Ci.9.15 ] [ Ray 132 ]

  2. The Indian COVID VAX disaster !

    The Curse of the Chaiwala (Indian PM) on COVID.

    2 months ago,the daily Indian VAX was 2 lacs.Yesterday it was 27 lacs

    2 months ago,daily COVID cases was 12000,yesterday it was 47000 ! Ain’t this disaster ?

    As the VAX picked up,the COVID cases have trebled,and worse is to come !

    The issue is NOT the dead – but the ease of transmission ! Transmission efficiency has increased – post the VAX ! Y is that I wonder ?

    Chaiwala’s Hindoosthan is heading to a 2nd lockdown ! No other nation is facing this post VAX spike ! Y have the covid cases shot up – are they the VAXed or is it that the VAXed are making antibodies – but the TRANSMISSION HAS SOMEHOW increased (as the VAX was NOT meant to STOP transmissions)

    Another disaster is Brazil (highest number of daily case)! Guess what ? Brazil used the Indian VAX and Bolsonaro wanted the Hanuman Sanjeevni ! This is a dashing Brazilian general with a beautiful wife ! This is what happens to those who come to India,take advice from Chaiwala and become the Chief Guest at the Hindoo Dindoo Republic Day !

    Indian lockdown cometh,which will shut down manufacturing,block GST revenues,cut down on social aid programmes and LOWER GLOBAL OIL AND COMMEX PRICES.

    Who will gain by lowering LOWER GLOBAL OIL AND COMMEX PRICES ? CHINA AND CHAIRMAN XI ! And so in the summer the PLA will return for Tourism,in Ladakh,AP and Bhutan !

    Who will LOSE by lowering LOWER GLOBAL OIL AND COMMEX PRICES ? Aussie,Brazil … – ALL INDIAN STRATEGIC ALLIES AGAINST CHINA !

    Whichever you see it,Hindoosthan and Chaiwala are doomed.dindooohindoo !

    It is the Curse of the Chaiwala (Indian PM) !

    In Phase 3 – the COVID will become MORE DEADLY AND MORE TRANSMISSIBLE AND IN PHASE 3 THE VAXED INDIANS WILL START DYING ! And that is when the PLA will return

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