Meanwhile, in the Western Cape, health MEC Nomafrench Mbombo on Sunday said the province had vaccinated more than 93,000 health workers in both the private and public sector. The remaining medics would be vaccinated this week.
Mbombo said their plan was to focus on vaccinating the elderly in the metros this week and then shift to the rural areas next week.
Currently, the province had 274 vaccination sites, with 270 located in the metros and four being in the rural areas.
The province had trained more than 3,000 vaccinators while about 5,000 had volunteered,
“In regards to the registration, out of the 720,000-plus older people that are in the Western Cape, about 226,000 have registered. That makes it about 30% of the population,” she said.