Health Minister Joe Phaahla on Friday said enough COVID-19 vaccine shots would be available to expand the rollout even further. | BrandtKev
CAPE TOWN - Health Minister Joe Phaahla on Friday said enough COVID-19 vaccine shots will be available to expand the rollout even further.South Africa has over 10 million COVID-19 vaccine doses on hand to continue with the mass immunisation drive.Health Minister Joe Phaahla said they'll soon reach the target of a minimum of 300,000 shots daily.
“The vaccination programme can be expanded sufficiently to reach more people and can be accelerated to cover more and more of the population.” Deputy-Director General Anban Pillay said much of the country has passed the peak of the pandemic's third wave. “Having said that though, I think we need to bare that in mind that at this stage, we are sitting with a positivity rate of 25.9%. Which means that about one in four tests which are done are positive.”The Western Cape is now the epicentre of infections.
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