Two of SAâs biggest pharmacy chains to offer Covid-19 vaccines
By Reuters
By Nqobile Dludla
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa s two biggest pharmacy chains Clicks Group and Dis-Chem Pharmacies said they plan to offer Covid-19 shots at their stores and provide storage and distribution facilities in the vaccine rollout programme once the government provides more details.
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize on Sunday called on the private sector, including pharmacies, to help with the rollout but the government is yet to outline how exactly they will help.
Dis-Chem and Clicks have a combined 45% dispensary market share.
Dis-Chem, with more than 180 stores, will offer the vaccines at all its clinics nationwide and is also looking to offer them at its eight drive-through Covid-19 testing stations, Dis-Chem National Clinic Manager Lizeth Kruger told Reuters.
Clicks store. Image: Supplied
South Africa’s two biggest pharmacy chains Clicks Group and Dis-Chem Pharmacies said they plan to offer Covid-19 shots at their stores and provide storage and distribution facilities in the vaccine rollout programme once the government provides more details.
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize on Sunday called on the private sector, including pharmacies, to help with the rollout but the government is yet to outline how exactly they will help.
Dis-Chem and Clicks have a combined 45% dispensary market share.
Dis-Chem, with more than 180 stores, will offer the vaccines at all its clinics nationwide and is also looking to offer them at its eight drive-through Covid-19 testing stations, Dis-Chem National Clinic Manager Lizeth Kruger told Reuters.
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A man walks past a closed branch of South African drug retailer Clicks, in Cape Town, South Africa, on Sep 9, 2020. (Photo: REUTERS/Sumaya Hisham)
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JOHANNESBURG: South Africa s two biggest pharmacy chains Clicks Group and Dis-Chem Pharmacies said they plan to offer COVID-19 shots at their stores and provide storage and distribution facilities in the vaccine rollout programme once the government provides more details.
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize on Sunday (Jan 7) called on the private sector, including pharmacies, to help with the rollout but the government is yet to outline how exactly they will help.
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa’s two biggest pharmacy chains Clicks Group and Dis-Chem Pharmacies said they plan to offer COVID-19 shots at their stores and provide storage and distribution facilities in the vaccine rollout programme once the government provides more details.
A man walks past a closed branch of South African drug retailer Clicks following protests by members the opposition Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party over what they said was a racist advertisement posted on its website, in Cape Town, South Africa, September 9, 2020. REUTERS/Sumaya Hisham
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize on Sunday called on the private sector, including pharmacies, to help with the rollout but the government is yet to outline how exactly they will help.