Health Minister, Dr Joe Phaahla says the health department is sitting with over 25 million doses of COVID19 vaccines with little uptake.
A person receives a dose of a coronavirus disease vaccine, as South Africa rolls out the coronavirus disease vaccination to the elderly at the Munsieville Care for the Aged Centre outside Johannesburg, South Africa May 17, 2021.A person receives a dose of a coronavirus disease vaccine, as South Africa rolls out the coronavirus disease vaccination to the elderly at the Munsieville Care for the Aged Centre outside Johannesburg, South Africa May 17, 2021.
Phaahla, who was speaking at the 2nd Presidential Health Summit in Johannesburg on Thursday, has appealed to South Africans to get their booster shots. “And as a result, by today as we speak, we’re sitting with over 25 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines and we have very little uptake. So, we are struggling to see what we are going to do. I just want to remind people that COVID is not over so those of you who have not had your boosters, please come forward we still have 25 million doses. Don’t feel shy, winter is coming especially for those over 50, come get your boosters.
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