02 February 2021 - 14:51
Health workers and support staff in direct contact with Covid-19 patients will be the first recipients of vaccines in KwaZulu-Natal. Stock photo.
Image: DADO RUVIC/REUTERS
KwaZulu-Natal is set to receive its first Covid-19 vaccines on February 14 for a massive rollout programme in which 163,256 health personnel will be eligible for inoculation.
On Tuesday, premier Sihle Zikalala said the focus will be on the management, distribution and dispensing of the vaccine.
“Key to the success of this plan is co-operation between the public and private sector, as well as non-governmental, community and faith-based organisations,” he said.
“The province has established a vaccine co-ordinating committee which includes private hospitals, traditional leaders, eThekwini municipality, the Health Systems Trust, organised labour, NGOs, the academic sector, National Health Laboratory Service, civil society and the SA Military Health Services, among others.”