News24 reports that President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Sunday night that people between the ages of 18 to 34 would be able to be vaccinated against Covid-19 from 1 September.

They will not need to have an appointment in order to get their jabs. Given sentiments expressed on social media, this generation has generally been worried that they would be left behind as the Department of Health works through the older generations. The news comes as vaccination doses reached the 6.3 million mark on Sunday, with 10% of the population having received a vaccine dose. The rate of vaccinations has increased to 240,000 vaccines every week day, compared with 100,000 vaccines every week day a month ago. Meantime, new infections are decreasing in Gauteng, which has been through a torrid third wave, but there are increases in some other provinces.

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

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