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KZN allowing registered people to walk into vaccination sites 27 May 2021 6:56 AM Share This: KZN Dept of Health head Dr Sandile Shabalala explains how they are running the vaccination programme in KwaZulu-Natal. There has been much public debate about the vaccination registration system and allocation of appointments in South Africa. In the Western Cape Premier Alan Winde has insisted he does not want people pitching up at vaccination sites without appointments, but members of the public say, ...

Alan Winde said the province planned its ramp-up according to the number of vaccines it is expecting to receive on Thursday and in June.

The Western Cape is planning to activate more than 200 public sector vaccination sites in the coming weeks to make sure all residents have a site on their doorstep, that more appointments are made available and that vaccinations increase before the looming third wave.

The Western Cape Government will be deploying 250 additional officers to crime hotspots by 1 July.

The Western Cape will allow walk-ins at its vaccination sites; however, those with appointments will be prioritised, according to the head of the province’s department of health, Dr Keith Cloete. Cloete was speaking during Premier Alan Winde’s weekly digital conference on 27 May to provide an update on the province’s Covid-19 vaccine roll-out. Those who have received an SMS stating when and where they will be vaccinated will be given priority on that day at the vaccination sites, said Clo...

Winde: Vaccine walk-ins now welcome but scheduled appointments to get preference 27 May 2021 7:44 PM Share This: Premier Winde says walk-ins may not be guaranteed a Covid-19 jab when they arrive at a vaccine centre because scheduled recipients will be given priority. The Western Cape Health Department has announced that it will introduce a formalised system to manage walk-ins at vaccine sites. Premier Alan Winde says additional vaccine doses are often available at some sites when scheduled reci...

CapeXit, a private organisation calling for the Western Cape to be separated from SA, clocked 800,000 registrations on its website, which it said is half the number it needs to call on the government to hold a referendum in the province.

Delayed J&J vaccine doses have impacted SMS registration system Share Cape Town - The delayed arrival of the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) vaccine is why some people in the Western Cape may not have received their SMSes yet. This was revealed during last week’s digicon by the Western Cape Health MEC, Dr Nomafrench Mbombo. To date the Western Cape has only received two deliveries of the Pfizer vaccines, which has been used to finish Phase 1B of the start of Phase 2. Phase 1B is the conclusion o...

Authorities scramble to control vaccine queue jumping in the Western Cape Share Cape Town - Health authorities are scrambling to avoid queue jumping and manage age sequencing for the Covid-19 vaccine on the Electronic Vaccination Data System (EVDS). This comes after a number of reports on social media that people under the age of 30 are able to register for the Covid-19 vaccine, with some even getting appointment dates for their jabs, although the vaccines are meant at present to be restricted ...

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