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.