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Thirteen private hospitals will form part of the expansion of the vaccine rollout sites for healthcare workers countrywide.
Among the considerations in the selection were the number of Covid-19 cases treated to date, their proximity to research and other healthcare facilities within their catchment areas and geographic spread.
President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday said more than 67 000 health workers have already been vaccinated.
Thirteen private hospitals will form part of the expansion of the vaccine rollout sites for the country s healthcare workers.
According to the Hospital Association of SA, on behalf of the B4SA Hospital Workstream, among the considerations in the selection of the private hospital sites were the number of Covid-19 cases treated to date, their proximity to research and other healthcare facilities within their catchment areas, and to enable as wide a geographic spread of the vaccine rollout as possible with the limited number of vaccine doses av