News24 reports that Golden Arrow Bus Services, in conjunction with the Western Cape government, has launched a pop-up vaccination site at the company's Arrowgate depot in Montana, Cape Town.
The Arrowgate pop-up clinic forms part of October transport month activities, while incorporating the provincial government's commitment to take Covid-19 vaccines to the people. Golden Arrow workers, including bus drivers, eagerly queued for free vaccinations on Monday. The vaccination outreach is a partnership between the provincial departments of health and transport, and Golden Arrow. MEC for health Nomafrench Mbombo, accompanied by MEC for transport Daylin Mitchell, visited the site for the launch. Mitchell said it was very important for the government to target public transport operators. "Public transport operators are working in areas of high transit as they transport people to and from different destinations, and their staff often find it difficult to visit vaccine sites to get jabbed," he pointed out. Golden Arrow CEO Francois Meyer noted that the bus company transported about 250,000 passengers per day. According to the company, approximately 75% of its staff had already been vaccinated, but the aim now was to make it possible for every employee to be vaccinated.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Lisalee Solomons at News24
- Read too, Vaccination site pops up at bus depot in Cape Town in bid to get staff jabbed, at IOL
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