Push is on to get J&J vaccine moving

Government can’t import or administer doses until product gets the go-ahead from regulators

The Medical Research Council (MRC) has applied to South Africa’s medicines regulator to conduct a research study which the government hopes will speed up access to Johnson & Johnson’s (J&J) Covid-19 vaccine, after it paused its planned rollout of AtstraZeneca’s shots this week...

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