EWN reports that recent ‘anti-vax’ demonstrations in Cape Town may have resulted in waning demand for Covid-19 vaccines in the province.

Just over a week ago, about 600 demonstrators descended on the Sea Point promenade, advocating against the jab. Last month, a group gathered outside Groote Schuur Hospital, calling it a gas chamber. The province can administer 50,000 vaccine doses a day, but only around 30,000 shots are being administered daily. The provincial health department's Dr Saadiq Kariem believes that the diminished uptake could be due to Covid-19 fatigue, complacency and the recent protests by anti-vaxxers and Covid-19 denialists. "Unfortunately these anti-vax protests are having a negative impact on our vaccination programme and I think it's part of the reason why we have lower than expected numbers of people presenting themselves at sites," he stated. The decline in vaccine uptake has been evident across the country.

• Read the full original of the short report in the above regard by Lizell Persens at EWN

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