Disappointing news from a trial of the AstraZeneca vaccine against the South African variant of COVID-19 will further complicate vaccination campaigns across the region, and could delay recoveries further. In South Africa, the annual State of the Nation Address (SONA) recounted many of the government’s previously outlined plans to recover from the coronavirus crisis but offered few new initiatives to support the economy.
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