Almost two-thirds of healthcare workers in Sisonke trial — the world’s biggest — have not taken up Covid-19 booster jabs
A health worker prepares a vaccine dose at Athlone Stadium in Cape Town. Picture: BLOOMBERG/DWAYNE SENIOR
When the first phase of the Sisonke trial ended in May, almost 500,000 of SA’s healthcare workers had received a single dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. This was identified as key in limiting illness among workers in the frontline of the country’s subsequent waves of Covid-19 infections. Uptake has been poorest in SA’s rural provinces, which has those monitoring the study worried. Glenda Gray, president of the SA Medical Research Council , urged hospital CEOs and provincial health MECs in seven of SA’s nine provinces to ensure those involved in the implementation study take boosters.
Deputy director-general of the health department, Nicholas Crisp, said some of the trial’s participants wanted to keep their options open."They’re holding out for something different in future," he said. "One has to be very careful of interpreting too quickly on these studies. That’s why we’re waiting," he said.
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