‘I HAVE THE BEST JOB IN THE COUNTRY’

SHE’S forgotten what it’s like to have a weekend. Or how it feels to be able to spend time with her family without her phone ringing and some medical expert wanting to pick her brain.

For almost a year Professor Glenda Gray’s every waking hour has been consumed by one thing: using research to help South Africa escape the clutches of the Covid pandemic.

And her colleagues say we should all be grateful for the sacrifices she’s made – because if it wasn’t for her, SA’s vaccination plans might have totally stalled.

There was all-round celebration in January when we secured 1,5 million doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine. But after it came to light