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53 Covid-19 vaccination sites are now operational in the Western Cape

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The Western Cape Government has confirmed that the number of vaccination sites in the province will increase to 53 as of today, with more to come.

This includes 42 public vaccination sites and 11 private sites, with Mediclinic bringing online 4 additional sites.

The province will continue with outreaches to old age homes in the City of Cape Town and commence with outreaches to old age homes in municipalities outside of the metro.

The first 6 public vaccination sites in rural districts will also open today:

• Beaufort West Hospital in the Central Karoo District
• Harry Comay Hospital in the Garden Route District
• TC Newman CDC in the Cape Winelands District
• Worcester CDC in the Cape Winelands District
• Caledon Hospital in the Overberg District
• Swartland Hospital in the West Coast District

The plan is to eventually scale up to 70 sites in the Metro, and 184 sites in districts outside of the City.

The following sites are already operational:

• Pelican Park Clinic
• Mathew Goniwe Clinic
• Brooklyn Chest Hospital
• Helderberg Hospital
• Mitchells Plain Hospital
• Khayelitsha Hospital
• Karl Bremer Hospital
• Brackenfell Clinic
• Gugulethu Community Health Clinic
• Hanover Park Community Day Centre
• Cross Roads Community Health Clinic
• Dr Abdurahman Community Day Centre
• Inzame Zabantu Community Day Centre
• Heideveld Community Health Clinic
• Mitchells plain Community Health Clinic
• Nyanga Community Day Centre
• Gugulethu Clinic
• Eerste River Clinic
• Cape Town Civic Centre (Occupation Health office)

Private sites at Clicks stores include:

• Constantia
• Tygervalley
• Westcoast Village
• Blue Route
• Paarl Mall
• Vredendal Mall
• Edgemead

The new sites coming online from Monday are:

• Bishop Lavis Clinic
• Bothasig CDC
• Adriaanse Clinic
• Chesnut Clinic
• Chestnut Satellite Clinic
• Delft CHC
• Durbanville CDC
• Goodwood CDC
• Kraaifontein Clinic
• Kuyasa Library
• Lansdowne Library Hall
• Ocean View Civic Centre
• Reed Street CDC
• Ruimte Road Satellite Clinic
• Stikland Hospital
• Symphony Way CDC
• Tafelsig Thusong Centre
• Beaufort West Hospital
• Harry Comay Hospital
• TC Newman CDC
• Worcester CDC
• Caledon Hospital
• Swartland Hospital

In addition to the public sites, the following private sector sites will also come online on Monday:

• Cape Gate Mediclinic
• Milnerton Mediclinic
• Geneva Mediclinic
• Vergelegen Mediclinic

To register for the vaccine, you will need to visit: https://vaccine.enroll.health.gov.za/#/. This portal can also be found via www.westerncape.gov.za

You can also dial *134*832# and follow the prompts (FREE on all South African Networks), or WhatsApp the word REGISTER to 0600 123456.

Should you need assistance with the registration process, do not hesitate to visit www.sacoronavirus.co.za/evds/support/ or call our call centre on 0860 142 142.

Liesl Smit
Liesl Smit
Liesl is the Smile 90.4FM News Manager. She has been at Smile since 2016, with nearly 20 years experience in the radio industry, including reading news, field reporting and producing. In 2008 she won the Vodacom Journalist of the Year Award, Western Cape region. liesl@smile904.fm

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