News24 reports that according to the Western Cape Department of Health, some people have fraudulently tried to pass themselves off as healthcare workers to get the Covid-19 vaccine.

This has also been detected in some other provinces. "That is completely unacceptable," said Dr Saadiq Kariem, the provincial department's COO. As a preventative measure in the province, healthcare workers will need to present a staff card, or some proof of registration when they arrive for their vaccinations. Kariem said the Western Cape department had a list of people expected at vaccine sites on the eve of each vaccination session, so it could check that those receiving the vaccine were legitimate. Other problems experienced included a proclivity by vaccine staff to use paper-based record keeping, which meant there were some delays in getting the data on vaccinations into the computer system, some vial refilling problems and complaints about vaccinators not wearing gloves. Meanwhile, Dr Sa'ad Lahli, one of the first healthcare workers to be vaccinated at the Khayelitsha District Hospital last week, said that apart from some pain on his arm, he had experienced no side effects. "Others had fever and muscle ache that went away,” he added.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Jenni Evans at News24

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