Yes, nurses at least were giddy.

Goc was the first in the country to be inoculated alongside other health workers, and President Cyril Ram, a poser for him.

That shots are now going into arms will be a relief.

His government was criticized by health experts over a perceived lack of preparation for mass vaccinations.

Theun data revealed that the AstraZeneca vaccine at the heart of South Africa's planned immunization drive only offered minimal protection against mild to moderate infection by a variant that was driving the second wave of covert 19 in South Africa.

That prompted a switch to Johnson Johnson's vaccine, the first batch of which arrived on Tuesday night.

Rome opposes, said on Wednesday that 80,000 J and J doses were being prepared for distribution across the country.

It's being deployed for the first time outside a major clinical trial as part of a research study targeting 500,000 healthcare workers.

The decision to suspend the AstraZeneca rollout has added to skepticism among some South Africans about covert 19 vaccines.

Rama Poser said he was getting inoculated on the first day of the program to demonstrate his government's confidence in the Gen J doses.

Authorities in South Africa have recorded nearly half of the continent's covert 19 deaths and over a third of its confirmed infections.

It's now one of the first nations in Africa start vaccinations alongside Egypt, Morocco and Rwanda Yeah.