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News24 reports that Gauteng MEC for Education, Panyazi Lesufi, says that as the Covid-19 vaccination rollout continues for different groups of people, he hopes the seven percent of teachers who have declined to be vaccinated will change their minds and vaccinate.
"The numbers are still disturbing. We thought when we announced that teachers would be vaccinated that they would rush to the door to be vaccinated. We are standing at seven percent of educators who have completely refused to be vaccinated," Lesufi told the media during his school visits on Monday as pupils returned to school for term three in the province." According to the Gauteng Department of Education spokesperson Steve Mabona, 125,000 teachers registered in the province, and 93% are vaccinated. This equates to just over 8,000 teachers who have opted not to vaccinate. Lesufi believes that seven percent is still a significant figure, but he hopes that the excitement of other vaccination groups receiving the jab will encourage the seven percent to change their minds. Lesufi added that they were still auditing who has been vaccinated among the 4,000 teachers who had previously applied to stay home due to underlying diseases.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Canny Maphanga at News24
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