Cloete said people who have received appointments via SMS notification will be prioritised,
GARDEN ROUTE | KAROO NEWS - Vaccination has brought the number of Covid-19 infections down significantly among healthcare workers (HCWs) in the Western Cape compared with infections between the first and second wave in 2020.
This is according to Western Cape Head of Health Dr Keith Cloete, who spoke during the weekly online Covid-19 update on Thursday 27 May hosted by Premier Alan Winde.
From February to 25 May 2021, the monthly recorded infections among HCWs were 129, 40, 32 and 43 respectively.
These figures are notably lower than during the months between the first and second wave last year. From August to November 2020, the monthly infections were 432, 131, 152 and 402.
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MPs told of rough start in some vaccination sites
By Siyavuya Mzantsi
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THE Newman Community Day Centre in Paarl is not ready for the Covid-19 vaccination roll-out programme.
This emerged when the Portfolio Committee on Health recently visited a number of the sites for the roll out of phase 2 of the vaccination programme.
These also included the Langa Clinic and the KTC Clinic in Gugulethu.
During the Paarl visit, management at the Newman Community Day Centre said that it was only going to be ready at the end of May. The managers attributed the delay to the change of vaccines from Johnson & Johansson to Pfizer.
Private sector, civil society urged to help with Covid-19 vaccine registration
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Cape Town - The private sector and civil society organisations need to pitch in and help residents of the province to register for their Covid-19 jabs if Phase 2 of the vaccine roll-out is to be a success, according to Premier Alan Winde.
Winde said there are now 75 access centres across the province, and specially trained employees are available to assist residents to register for their jabs.
Winde said: âWe have made these centres available for registration, because no person should be left behind in this vaccination programme because they do not have internet access. We are all in this together, and every life matters to us.â
DAâs grand vaccine plan appears to have come to a halt
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Cape Town â The DA Western Capeâs grand plan to procure its own vaccines appears to have come to a grinding halt, with opposition parties saying the idea was politically opportunistic from the start.
This came to light following a parliamentary question by ANC MPL Cameron Dugmore to Premier Alan Winde.
Dugmore asked Winde about the progress made by the province for the procurement of the vaccine.
In his response, Winde said: âNo costs have been incurred thus far for the procurement of vaccines.â
Winde also spoke about the vaccine from the national health department.
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