PICS: KZN healthcare workers get vaccinated
By Sakhiseni Nxumalo
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DURBAN - KwaZulu-Natal Premier Sihle Zikalala said the countryâs vaccine roll-out programme marked an important step in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.
Zikalala was speaking at the launch of the provincial Covid-19 vaccination programme which was held at Prince Mshiyeni Memorial Hospital, south of Durban, yesterday.
Healthcare workers across the country have started receiving the Johnson and Johnson Covid-19 vaccine after 80 000 doses arrived in the country on Tuesday.
Zikalala said the vaccine roll-out marked an important step on the journey to defeat and eventually conquer a disease, which has caused so much devastation.
Kwazulu-Natal Premier Sihle Zikala unveiled the province’s Covid-19 vaccine rollout programme which kicked off at Prince Mshiyeni Hospital on Thursday where the first batch of healthcare workers took the vaccine.
Zikalala said the Provincial Command Council would support, monitor and perform oversight over the vaccine roll-out process in the province.
“All District Command Councils, led by MEC’s and mayors will spend time in districts for the duration of the roll-out and ensure daily accountability and hands on support. The Provincial Vaccine Coordinating Committee, Chaired by the HOD for the Department of Health, which includes Unions, NGO’s, Traditional Healers, Academic sector, Civil Society, and Military Health Care services, has also been established to fast-track implementation,” Zikalala said.
How KZN will rollout Covid-19 vaccine programme
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Durban - As healthcare workers in KwaZulu-Natal became the first in the province to receive the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine, the provincial government outlined its plan to vaccinate the rest of the population.
With an estimated 11.3 million people residing in KZN, the provincial government said it had devised an inoculation plan to reach the majority of its citizens based on guidelines set by the World Health Organisation, and National Department of Health.
Premier Sihle Zikalala said on Thursday that the province had established a Vaccine Co-ordinating Committee, which includes private hospitals, traditional leaders, eThekwini Municipality, Health Systems Trust, Organised Labour, NGOs (PEPFAR partners), the academic sector, National Health Laboratory Service, civil society and the South African Military Health Services, among others.
All systems go for KZN vaccine roll-out
By Karen Singh
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DURBAN - KWAZULU-NATAL Premier Sihle Zikalala announced yesterday that the province was ready to roll out the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine to vaccinate over 160 000 health-care workers against Covid-19 when it arrives in the province in mid-February.
Zikalala was speaking following the arrival of the first batch of 1 million doses of the vaccine from the Serum Institute of India in Johannesburg on Monday. Some 500 000 more doses were expected to arrive this month.
Zikalala said the province, which recorded the first Covid-19 case in South Africa, was delighted to be a part of the vaccine roll-out in the battle against the virus and thanked the Indian government.
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KwaZulu-Natal says it will roll out 163 256 vaccines to health personnel around 14 February.
These include 81 000 public workers and 49 000 private sector health professionals.
The province is not yet out of a second wave with an increased number of deaths.
KwaZulu-Natal will have 163 256 vaccines for health personnel from various sectors in the province in its first phase of rollout, Premier Sihle Zikalala said on Tuesday. A total of 163 256 health personnel from various sectors in KwaZulu-Natal are eligible to receive vaccinations during the first phase, as announced by the president. These include 81 000 healthcare workers in the public sector and 49 000 in the private sector, he told media at the Public Works offices in Durban.