How South Africa is dragging its vaccine rollout back from the brink
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South Africa planned early for its covid vaccination programme. Yet ongoing procurement problems and new variant fuelled waves have left population vulnerable, reports Bibi-Aisha Wadvalla
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['0959-8138']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n1949