“Our vaccine supply has stabilised. We have over 10 million vaccines in our storage. In the month of August, we would have received over 20m doses, ' Health Minister Joe Phaahla said. covid19 vaccinations joephaahla
Cape Town - Health Minister Joe Phaahla says they want to ramp up the vaccination programme with more people to get the jabs in the next few weeks.
Phaahla said on Friday they want to get more people receiving the jabs. By Thursday, more than 8 million people had been vaccinated in the country, said Phaahla.“Our vaccine supply has stabilised. We have over 10 million vaccines in our storage. In the month of August, we would have received over 20m doses.
He said the vaccines were safe after they were approved by the regulatory authority following internal processes.
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