Moneyweb reports that more healthcare workers can expect to receive their jabs at locations within their proximity as more vaccine rollout facilities become available.
The Department of Health has identified 13 private hospitals nationwide to be of service in the programme. The list is subject to change pending adjustments and the availability of more doses of the vaccine. The department requires that the chosen sites first vaccinate their own workers at risk of infection, and then those at selected hospitals identified in their catchment areas. A list of the sites is included in the report. Among the reasons for selection was the ability to enable as wide a geographic spread of the vaccine rollout as possible, given the number of untaken vaccine doses, according to a statement released by the Hospital Association of SA. The country is still in Phase I of the vaccination rollout, having inoculated 90,000 healthcare workers nationwide as at 5 March. The number of vaccinated workers is ambitiously forecast to soar over 1.2 million by the end of March, with a targeted administration of about 120,000 to 250,000 vaccinations per day. Currently, the country is administering 5,000 vaccinations daily.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Palesa Mofokeng at Moneyweb <https://www.moneyweb.co.za/news/south-africa/more-vaccination-sites-made-available-for-healthcare-workers/>
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