The Western Cape Health Department says it still needs to vaccinate a further more than 3-million residents to achieve the province’s herd immunity target of 70%.
Chief of Operations, Dr Saadiq Kariem says there are around 3.1-million residents, over 18 years of age, that still need to receive at least one dose of the covid-19 injection.
Kariem says more than 2.5-million doses of vaccine had, to date, been administered across the province.
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📢Covid-19 vaccination update for 16 September 2021
Yesterday, we administered 38 424 vaccines, bringing the total number of administered vaccines to 2 586 801 date. #LetsDoThis pic.twitter.com/rRLiJTVlco
— Premier Alan Winde (@alanwinde) September 17, 2021
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