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A vaccine before the end of 2021? Unlikely, says ‘bearer of bad news’

30 June 2020 - 07:00 By Orrin Singh
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Epidemiologist and director of the Centre for the Aids Programme of Research, professor Salim Abdool Karim, chairs the government’s Covid-19 ministerial advisory committee.
Epidemiologist and director of the Centre for the Aids Programme of Research, professor Salim Abdool Karim, chairs the government’s Covid-19 ministerial advisory committee.
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Get used to masks and social distancing until the end of 2021.

That's the word from chair of the Covid-19 ministerial advisory committee, Prof Salim Abdool Karim.

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