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WATCH: Mkhize salutes health workers at inaugural Angel Wings awards
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Cape Town â Health Minister Zweli Mkhize saluted healthcare workers at the inaugural Angel Wings awards in Durban on Friday night.
In conferring the inaugural awards to the first 12 recipients from Inkosi Albert Luthuli Hospital and Life Entabeni Hospital, he acknowledged that they were ââsoldiers that go over and beyond on the battlefield â.
On the anniversary of the first case of Covid-19 in South Africa, he said the Angel Wings were a ââsolemn distinction and means of symbolising the immense gratitude we have for the great sacrifices whilst in the line of dutyââ.
KZN health dept denies claims that private doctors have been blocked from getting vaccinated 21 February 2021 - 15:27 The KwaZulu-Natal health department has denied that it has stopped or turned away general practitioners from getting the vaccine. Image: Alaister Russell/The Sunday Times
KwaZulu-Natal health MEC Nomgugu Simelane has dismissed claims that the department blocked or turned away private sector general practitioners from being vaccinated, accusing some of “peddling untruths”.
This comes as some general practitioners were notified by a doctors platform, Vaccines for Health Workers, on Saturday that their vaccinations, scheduled for Sunday, had been cancelled due to circumstances “out of our control”.
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.
A guard of honour was held by staff and medical personnel at the Inkosi Albert Luthuli Hospital after a well-known cardiologist, Dr Somalingum (Leslie) Ponnusamy died from Covid-19.