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BL Premium reports that the race to inoculate more than 500,000 people in the education sector before the August expiry of the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) vaccines begins on Wednesday.
Gauteng, the Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and the Northern Cape will kick off the programme on Wednesday, while the Western Cape will start on Friday. Schools will stay open during the next two weeks. As the Department of Basic Education (DBE) will facilitate the registration of recipients, education staff are not required to register on the Covid-19 electronic vaccination data system. In a circular sent to schools countrywide on Tuesday, the DBE said each school district would be allocated vaccination sites. Schools would be expected to arrange for staff to reach the sites. About 582,000 educators, support staff and other officials are expected to receive the first of the 300,000 doses of the J&J vaccines, which arrived in the country earlier in June. An additional 280,000 doses are expected to arrive this week. All teachers and support staff in private and public schools, regardless of age, will receive jabs. Though participating in the vaccination programme is not mandatory, once schools reopen on 26 July all staff, including those who have been permitted to remain at home due to comorbidities, will be required to return to school regardless of their vaccination status.
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