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WC health dept is now vaccinating homeless people

On Friday, health workers administered vaccines to those situated at the Haven Night Shelter in Kraaifontein.
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Outsourcing to the private sector will be a waste of money for NHI

But state capacity needs to be upped and skills retained because now ‘we are training specialists for private sector’ ....

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Help over-60s without connectivity register for jabs, urges Cape premier

Help over-60s without connectivity register for jabs, urges Cape premier
It will take six minutes of your time, pleads premier Alan Winde, as province braces for third wave
20 May 2021 - 13:26 By Tanya Farber
Some people over the age of 60 are slipping through the vaccine net because they’re not digitally connected.
This is according to Western Cape premier Alan Winde, who has called on others, in his weekly Covid-19 digicon, to give up six minutes of their time to help someone else register.
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Western Cape on track to roll out Pfizer vaccine on Monday

Western Cape on track to roll out Pfizer vaccine on Monday
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The Western Cape is on track to launch phase two of the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out on Monday and will be administering the Pfizer vaccine.
Chief of Operations at Western Cape Department Of Health, Dr Saadiq Kariem, said those over 60 are encouraged to register on the Electronic Vaccination Data System (EVDS) as it will be one of the key actions to prevent the third wave in the country.
Kariem said he is increasingly convinced that the country is on the brink of the third wave.
“We are a bit worried because for the last few days, we ve begun seeing some signs of an increase in the cases. We haven t yet met the definition for an alert or a resurgence yet, but the week-on-week increases and positivity rates have increased,” he said. ....

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W Cape vaccine roll-out: 'We are going to have to reset our strategy'

W Cape vaccine roll-out: We are going to have to reset our strategy
8 February 2021 1:56 PM
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Dr Saadiq Kariem, Chief of Operations at Western Cape Department Of Health, explains the next steps.
Chief of Operations at Western Cape Department Of Health, Dr Saadiq Kariem, talks to Lester Kiewit about the way forward now that the 1 million AstraZeneca vaccines have been put on hold due to the latest data showing disappointing efficacy for mild and moderate Covid-19.
Dr Kariem says everyone is disappointed at the results of the trial regarding AstraZeneca.
As Professor Mahdi pointed out last night the trial results are quite robust so we have to believe them, and it was only a 22% efficacy against mild disease. ....

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