Vaccine rollout: Alan Winde implores senior citizens to register for the jab
17 May 2021 5:11 PM Western Cape vaccine rollout
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Western Cape Premier Alan Winde s bemoaned the reluctance by many over the age of 60 to receiving the Covid-19 vaccination.
The Western Cape government is hoping to have all 60-year-olds and over that have registered for the Covid-19 vaccine to receive the jab by the end of June.
The second phase of the nation wide Covid-19 vaccine rollout got underway on Monday 17 May, which will see ordinary citizens over the age of sixty, with comorbidities that have registered for the jab being inoculated.
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Medical aid members won t be given priority in the queue for Covid-19 jab
9 April 2021 5:32 PM
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The mass vaccination programme is expected to start in May following the arrival of 51 million jabs from various drug makers.
Medical aid members won t be given priority in the queue for Covid-19 vaccine ahead on uninsured patients, once the country s mass vaccination rollout gets underway in May.
That s according to Ron Whelan, the Chief Commercial Officer at Discovery Health, who says the medical aid scheme will be working alongside government to ensure a smooth rollout of the vaccination programme.
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize announced that phase two of the vaccination programme will begin on 17 May, after that the country s secured 51 million jabs from various drug makers.