Acting Health Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi revealed in her weekly briefing on Friday morning that the immunisation drive had this week seen a drop in pace because of limited stocks.
CAPE TOWN - Government is certain that it will have enough vaccines to meet the country's immediate needs.The National Health Department is chasing a presidential target of 300,000 COVID-19 jabs daily. But they can only make that happen if they have enough vaccines to administer. And the Health Department said that there was a massive boost coming, more than 5,5 million Pfizer shots are arriving between tomorrow and next Tuesday.
“But we must ensure that at least a million of those people are people over the age of 60. We cannot leave that population behind,” Dr Crisp said.
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