Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has revealed that only 414 337 healthcare workers in South Africa have been vaccinated under the Sisonke Protocol.
This translated to only 26% of the 1.5 million healthcare workers.
As of today, the total number of confirmed #COVID19 cases is 1 599 272 the total number of deaths is 54 896 the total number of recoveries is 1 519 258 and the total number of vaccines administered is 414 372. pic.twitter.com/uHRYM59wpe
— Dr Zweli Mkhize (@DrZweliMkhize) May 11, 2021
Mkhize said this on Tuesday in his daily COVID-19 statistics statement.
“Today, 71 Covid-19-related deaths have been reported. The Free State has recorded 23 deaths, while Gauteng and the Northern Cape both reported 16 deaths and the Western Cape, 8. In KwaZulu-Natal, five people have died and in the Eastern Cape, three people have died,” he said.
Meanwhile, according to EWN, Mkhize said Pfizer vaccine jabs would be transported to the allocated sites across the country from Wednesday to ensure that the doses were ready for the rollout of the second phase of the vaccine programme on Monday.
Next week, the elderly who have registered for the COVID-19 vaccine programme will be queuing at facilities to be inoculated, the report said.
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