An Emirates flight carrying 1 million AstraZeneca vaccine doses touched down at the OR Tambo International Airport on Monday afternoon.
The AstraZeneca vaccine doses produced by the Serum Institute of India are expected to be used to inoculate frontline healthcare workers, starting mid-February.
The government intends to inoculate 40 million people, representing 67% of the country's population of 60 million, by the end of the year.
South Africa is the hardest-hit African country by the COVID-19 pandemic, having reported 1,453,761 infections with 44,164 deaths.
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