 The nut or the part of Africa's South African president Cyril Ramaphosa says the Johnson and Johnson will send two million COVID-19 vaccine doses to the country by the end of the month. The two million doses will make up for the amount lost due to contamination at a U.S. ingredient supplier. Aspen Pharmacare, J&J's local producer, had to destroy two million doses of the vaccine after a contamination was discovered at the plant in Baltimore, Maryland. Ramaphosa also announced that South Africa would move from an adjusted lockdown level two to stricter level three amid a surge in infections. Massive surge in new infections means that we must once again tighten restrictions on the movement of persons and gatherings. We need to enforce compliance more rigorously, and we need to take firmer action against those who do not adhere to the regulations that save our lives. In view of the rising infections, the Cabinet has therefore decided to move the country to alert level three. We have received an indication from Johnson and Johnson that it expects to deliver around two million vaccines to South Africa by the end of the month, thus replacing those two million doses that had to be destroyed. Find out about fresh news updates.