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More than 2 million elderly people have registered for Covid-19 vaccine Share CAPE TOWN - Almost half of all the elderly citizens the government plans to vaccinate before the end of June have registered. SA launched it’s phase 2 Covid-19 vaccination programme on May 17. It prioritises South Africans who are older than 60 years. At the time of the launch, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said the aim was to inoculate five million elderly citizens by the end of June. "This is provided that the su...

VACCINE WRAP | SA waits for J&J jab clearance to get Phase 2 get off the ground 4 June 2021 3:40 PM CapeTalk gives you a round-up of the latest vaccine news every week. South Africa has administered a total of 637,801 first-dose Pfizer vaccines in Phase 2 of the vaccination programme, according to the latest national data available from Wednesday 2 June. The Western Cape has administered 82,202 first-dose Pfizer vaccines in the province as of Thursday 3 June. The province is expected to hit...

The Western Cape government has partnered with the City of Cape Town and the private sector to open vaccination to enable mass Covid-19 vaccinations, according to Premier Alan Winde.

All the way from Darling, my dear: Tannie Evita gets her vaccine jab [watch] SAs favourite tannie, Evita Bezuidenhout, was among the first in the Swartland sub-district of the Western Cape to receive the vaccine jab. Tannie Evita gets her COVID-19 vaccine jab Tannie Evita – who turned 85 on 28 September 2020 – got her COVID-19 vaccine at the Wesbank Community Hall on 1 June 2021 during a ceremony marking the opening of the first public vaccination site in the Swartland sub-district. Just ...

By the end of Tuesday, 1 June, 637,801 people in South Africa had received their first dose of the Pfizer vaccine. This is an increase of 72,465 from the previous day. Meanwhile, thousands of community healthcare workers, community development practitioners and civil society volunteers went to pension payout sites across the country to convince pensioners to register for the vaccine and assist them in doing so. Volunteers are from the SA Medical Research Council, the Red Cross, Unicef, the Clin...

Evita Bezuidenhout has become one of the first West Coast residents to receive the Covid-19 vaccine as the Western Cape rolls out its rural vaccination sites.

The well-known comedian, satirist and social activist travelled from Darling on Tuesday to receive her Pfizer shot.

The province is encouraging the elderly in the Western Cape to register for the vaccine

Tannie Evita Bezuidenhout used to "praat kaktus" (speak cactus) but on Tuesday she used her sharp tongue to shout: "Vax us!"

By 31 May, 490,680 people had received their first dose of the Pfizer vaccine. And more than 3.1-million people have registered on the government’s Electronic Vaccination Data System. Of these, 2.2-million are people over 60 and the remaining 970,448 are healthcare workers.  Meanwhile, Tannie Evita Bezuidenhout was among the first in the Swartland subdistrict of the Western Cape to receive a Covid-19 vaccine jab.  Before entering the Wesbank Community Hall in Malmesbury, she said: “I am s...