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

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.

Image: Sandile Ndlovu 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.

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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