15.9 C
Cape Town
Monday, June 23, 2025

The majority of Covid-19 patients in Groote Schuur are unvaccinated

Published on

The Faculty of Health Sciences, at the University of Cape Town, says 99% of the 254 Covid-19 patients currently in hospital at Groote Schuur have not been vaccinated against the virus.

In addition, 100% of the Covid-19 patients, who are in High Care Units and on Ventilators, have not been vaccinated either.

The Faculty says vaccines work and they have once again called on all adults to get vaccinated against the virus.

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

Latest articles

House robbers arrested after high-speed chase on N1 ends in crash

  A high-speed police chase on the N1 ended in chaos and arrests yesterday, when members of the Maitland Flying Squad nabbed three house-breaking suspects...

UN Secretary General: US Bombing of Iran Marks ‘Perilous Turn’ in Middle East

  UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has warned that the United States’ bombing of Iran’s nuclear facilities marks a “perilous turn” in an already volatile...

Police seizes 24 firearms, arrests 67 in ongoing crackdown on gang violence

  Western Cape Police Commissioner Thembisile Patekile has lauded the efforts of SAPS members on the ground who have managed to arrest 67 suspects, wanted...