Two legal suits – one against a vaccine mandate and the other opposing a vaccines children's trial – have been abandoned by the applicants.
The Makhanda Against Mandates organisation, comprising lecturers, parents and students at Rhodes University, has dropped its court action against the institution’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
To enter the campus, staff and students were required to show proof of vaccination, and Rhodes spokesperson Veliswa Mhlophe said at this stage 98% of the university community had been vaccinated, reports News24.
Another organisation to withdraw its opposition to vaccines was Free the Children – Save the Nation, which launched an appeal after the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAPHRA) authorised, in July 2021, a trial on children aged six months to eight years for the Sinovac vaccine.
In September, it approved the Pfizer vaccine to be administered to children aged 12 and older. Free the Children – Save the Nation launched an appeal against both decisions in October. Founder John Taylor confirmed the appeal had been withdrawn, but gave no reasons.
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