Dr. Clare Cutland, scientific coordinator at the Wits African Leadership in Vaccinology Expertise consortium.

TheTakeOffInterview| Cape Town - The rollout of AstraZeneca vaccine which had been scheduled to begin in South Africa this month is now on temporary hold. Health Minister Zweli Mkhize says the roll-out will be put on hold until a committee of scientists have decided the way forward after data showed the vaccine gave minimal protection against mild-to-moderate infection caused by the country's dominant coronavirus variantSouth Africa received 1 million doses of the drug Feb. 1, which the government said would be administered first to frontline health workersGuest:  Dr. Clare Cutland, scientific coordinator at the Wits African Leadership in Vaccinology Expertise consortium.