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News24 reports that the Department of Basic Education (DBE) wants the Covid-19 vaccination programme for teachers and support staff to be extended.
This was indicated by DBE Minister Angie Motshekga on Wednesday during her visit to Gallagher Estate in Midrand, where she observed the vaccination process. The department started its vaccination programme on 23 June and set itself a target of vaccinating 582,000 workers in the sector. Motshekga said the latest figures from the health department indicated that 400,000 people in the sector had been vaccinated so far. The education department initially received 300,000 doses. However, the health department then allocated it with additional doses which, Motshekga said, would be used to vaccinate those who had been excluded from the programme. She indicated: “We initially targeted 582,000 people in the sector but we have now loaded on the EVDS system (Electronic Vaccination Data System) 789,554 [people] who include food handlers, janitors and support staff from independent schools and Early Childhood Development centres located within school premises.” Motshekga added that the programme would also accommodate those who could not take the jab because they had tested positive or taken the flu vaccine. "As a result of this, we are going to ask the Department of Health to give us an extension in order to mop up the outstanding vaccinations," Motshekga said. The department initially planned to conclude its programme on 8 July.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Sesona Ngqakamba at News24
- Read too, Inentings van onderwysers vorder goed, at Maroela Media
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