ET Covid-19 Live Updates: South Africa to Share Unused Vaccine After Weak Results Against Variant Gov. South Africa will pass along its AstraZeneca vaccine to others after a disappointing result against its virus variant. The South African government said it would share its doses of the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine with the African Union. Instead of the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine, South Africa was planning to inoculate tens of thousands of health workers with the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, which prevented hospitalizations and deaths in clinical trials in the country. In other developments around the world: Johnson & Johnson has submitted its single-shot Covid-19 vaccine to the European Union ’s drug regulator for authorization, the agency said Tuesday.

Source: New York Times February 16, 2021 10:01 UTC