First 1 million Covid-19 vaccines to arrive in SA on 1 February

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27 January 2021

Phase One of the vaccine will be delivered using three platforms, which includes work-based programmes, mobile teams and vaccination centres.

Doses for Phase Two and Phase Three of the vaccine will be delivered by a variety of platforms, including mobile clinics and vaccination centres.

The Electronic Vaccine Data System (EVDS) will be used to track who has been vaccinated, and you will be able to download a vaccination certificate.

Health care workers will be enrolled on the electronic booking system for now, and notified where and when they will be vaccinated.

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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National Treasury’s Director-General Dondo Mogajane has maintained it has the funds to secure vaccines and that finance won’t be an issue for South Africans to receive doses. The cost of vaccinating about 40 million South Africans is estimated between 20 and 24 billion rand.

South Africa finally has a date for the arrival of its first Covid-19 vaccines, the first 1 million doses, produced by the Serum Institute of India, will arrive at OR Tambo Airpot in Johannesburg on Monday.

First 1 million Covid-19 vaccines to arrive in SA on 1 February

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