DA criticises EVDS, calls for hybrid approach to vaccine rollout
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Haseena Ismail has criticised the Department of Health’s Electronic Vaccination Data System (EVDS), calling for the department to implement a hybrid approach to the vaccine roll-out programme that will allow for walk-ins.
Authorities scramble to control vaccine queue jumping in the Western Cape
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Cape Town - Health authorities are scrambling to avoid queue jumping and manage age sequencing for the Covid-19 vaccine on the Electronic Vaccination Data System (EVDS).
This comes after a number of reports on social media that people under the age of 30 are able to register for the Covid-19 vaccine, with some even getting appointment dates for their jabs, although the vaccines are meant at present to be restricted to the over-60s.
A report doing the rounds on social media claims that one person aged under 30 had simply registered on both the Discovery Health Medical Scheme (DHMS) portal as well as on the Department of Health’s EVDS portal, after which they received their SMS to go for a vaccine.
GEMS R300M FRAUD SCANDAL!
Comments Northern Cape Premier Dr Zamani Saul backing Health MEC Maruping Lekwene, who is receiving his Covid-19 jab from Sister Virginia Itebogeng. Photo: Facebook/Northern Cape Provincial Government.
Opposition MPs expressed their concern about corruption at the Government Employees Medical Scheme (GEMS) after News24 exclusively revealed allegations of tender rigging, fraud, corruption and maladministration valued at more than R300 million.
On Tuesday, a joint meeting of the Portfolio Committee on Public Service and Administration and Portfolio Committee on Health was briefed by GEMS and the Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) on the Section 59 Investigation Interim Report on the inquiry into allegations of unfair racial discrimination and procedural unfairness by medical schemes.
PHOTO: Jaco Marais/Gallo Images, Netwerk24
Opposition MPs are concerned about corruption at GEMS after alleged
tender rigging, fraud, corruption, and maladministration worth R300 million
were revealed.
An ANC MP, however, was very excited about how GEMS deals
with corruption.
GEMS said it had systems in place to adequately deal with corruption.
Opposition MPs expressed their concern about corruption at the
Government Employees Medical Scheme (GEMS) after News24 exclusively revealed
allegations of tender rigging, fraud, corruption and maladministration valued
at more than R300 million.
On Tuesday, a joint meeting of the Portfolio Committee on Public Service
and Administration and Portfolio Committee on Health was briefed by GEMS and
Mkhize faces 3 hour grilling on vaccines, Ivermectin, budgets Brian Sokutu
Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize has remembered the more than 50,000 people who have lost their lives to Covid-19 during a webinar on 4 March 2021 hosted by the National Press Club and the GCIS. Picture: AFP/File/GUILLEM SARTORIO Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize’s appearance before parliament’s portfolio committee on health on Thursday resulted in three hours of grilling from his fellow MPs.
Responding to a wide-range of probing questions from MPs serving on the parliamentary portfolio committee of health on Thursday, Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize, who was at some stage asked by chairperson Dr Sibongiseni Dhlomo to “take a glass of water”, did not have much of a breather.