14 May 2021 - 11:26 By TimesLIVE Phase 1b of the vaccine rollout starts on Monday at public sector sites and on May 24 at private sector sites. File image. Image: REUTERS/DADO RUVIC
The next stage of the Covid-19 vaccine rollout starts on Monday at state facilities, while those hoping to get the jab at private sector sites will need to wait another week.
This is according to an update from the SA Medical Research Council (SAMRC) and shared by the Gauteng health department.
People older than 60 and health workers are eligible for this imminent phase.
Under the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) Sisonke Protocol, 455,169 health workers had been vaccinated by late Thursday.
He said there was a need for the world to join hands, not only to prepare for the next pandemic, but to build a “fairer, healthier and even more equitable world”.
“We welcome the work of this panel with regard to identifying gaps and risks and making specific recommendations on how to address these weaknesses.”
The mandate of the panel, Ramaphosa said, was founded on the “firm” conviction that the global community needed to act to prevent another pandemic from ever causing death, devastation and turmoil.
“We know it is the virus that causes the disease, but it is human action and human inaction that causes the pandemic.
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