President Ramaphosa filled with 'great pride' as young people get vaccinated

President Ramaphosa filled with ‘great pride’ as young people get vaccinated

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23 August 2021

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President Cyril Ramaphosa has commended young people for turning out in their numbers, and registering, to get the COVID-19 vaccine.

Over half a million South Africans enrolled when vaccinations for people, aged between 18 and 35 years, opened on Friday.

Last week, South Africa passed the milestone of 10 million vaccine doses administered – nearly five million people are fully vaccinated, which means they have received one dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine or two doses of the Pfizer vaccine.

Ramaphosa has expressed his pride with the youth of the country:

Today, I want to speak to the young people of South Africa. Young people are turning out in impressive numbers to get the COVID-19 vaccine. This fills me with great pride. Over half a million enrolled on the day that registration for over 18s opened. https://t.co/GOeSfHblti pic.twitter.com/80Ej5xTZ7J
— Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 (@CyrilRamaphosa) August 23, 2021

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