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With South Africa’s Covid-19 mass vaccination rollout set to start on 17 May, many more people, for now, those older than 60 years, will start receiving their jabs.
What, if anything, will change for those who have been vaccinated in South Africa, and what have other countries done in this regard?
Must I still wear a mask when vaccinated?
For now, it appears that the same rules, such as mask-wearing and social distancing, will remain in place for everyone.
“Presently the South African guidance on public health interventions to prevent SARS-CoV-2 has not been altered to accommodate for any impact that the vaccine may have on transmission,” says Dr Kerrigan McCarthy from the National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD).