"Load shedding costing the Western Cape economy R75 million per stage per day. Over the last two weeks bloodshedding has cost the Western Cape economy approximately R3.85 billion," said MEC for Finance and Economic Opportunities David Maynier.
Shelters for the homeless are working with the provincial departments of social development and health in ensuring that the people in their care and on the streets are vaccinated as soon as possible.
The Cape Town International Convention Centre, formerly the ’Hospital of Hope’, will be turned into one of the mass vaccination sites in the Western Cape.
A mass vaccination site at the CTICC hopes to administer between 4 000 and 5000 vaccines a day and is expected to open within the next three to four weeks.
The Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) is being converted into a mass vaccination site, which at its peak will vaccinate over 4,000 people a day.