“All my life I have tried to do the right thing and, today, getting vaccinated against COVID-19 is definitely the right thing to do,” said Tutu, the former Anglican archbishop of
Tutu was rolled in a wheelchair into a vaccination center in
“It was wonderful to get out of the house and meet these dedicated healthcare workers who gave us our vaccines," said Tutu in a statement. “To all of you on the frontlines who have been working to keep us safe for more than a year now, I salute you.”
Shots of the
The health department said it plans to give shots to more than 7,700 senior citizens at 102 nursing homes by the end of the week, with a total 50,000 in those facilities to get their first jabs by the end of May.
So far the country has inoculated just over 478,000 of its health care workers with
According to the latest online registrations, more than 1.2 million citizens 60 and older and 945,000 health workers have completed online registrations to get vaccinated.
“The Pfizer vaccines are safe and work well, even against the variant that is dominant in this country,” Health Minister
By the end of June, the country expects to have received 4.5 million
South Africa’s 7-day rolling average of daily new cases has nearly doubled over the past two weeks from 2.07 new cases per 100,000 people on
South Africa’s rollout of the vaccine has faced serious delays, including the return of 1 million
It also temporarily halted giving the
Mkhize has warned that those who have been vaccinated should continue to practice standard prevention measures like wearing masks and social distancing.
“The vaccine will protect you from getting severe COVID disease or dying from COVID. However, no vaccine works 100% and we also still do not know whether vaccination prevents transmission of the virus," Mkhize said. “It is therefore still important to follow the standard COVID-19 safety precautions to protect yourself and those around you.”
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