Shabir A. Madhi

South Africa’s approach to its Covid-19 vaccine program has been characterized by a large number of missteps. In aggregate it has left the country behind many others on the continent, and essentially left millions unvaccinated as a savage third wave descends on the country.

South Africa is in the grip of another resurgence of Covid-19. Gauteng province, the country’s economic hub, where 25% of the population live, is the epicenter. But infection rates are expected to rise in other major provinces as well.