Limpopo is leading the way in the country's vaccination drive. MEC Phophi Ramathuba says they attribute this to making vaccines about the people and not the department.
Limpopo has achieved one million COVID-19 vaccinations. The province has the largest percentage of adults inoculated so far. The Health Department says part of its success is that it took the vaccinations drive to high- density sites. Anlie Hattingh spoke to Limpopo Health MEC, Phophi Ramathuba. CourtesyThe province has the largest percentage of adults inoculated so far.Limpopo Health MEC Phophi Ramathuba says the key is making vaccines about the people and not the department.
"We would see that working with different stakeholders and making it not a department of health responsibility but a provincial and community drive responsibility so that all of us must be in it together," she said.
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