“A large number of unvaccinated people aged 50+ are predicted to die in this fourth wave,” said the Gauteng health department.
The vouchers were initially only for people over 60, but last month the“We have funding for 260,000 vouchers. They will only be given to people coming for their first dose, either the Johnson & Johnson vaccine or first dose Pfizer, but will not be issued for the second Pfizer dose,” the department said at the time.
On Sunday, President Cyril Ramaphosa called on South Africans to get vaccinated against Covid-19 as SA gears up for the fourth wave driven by the Omicron variant. If there is someone in your family or among your friends who is not vaccinated, I call on you to encourage them to get vaccinated.
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