13 May 2021 - 13:15 Healthcare workers queued to get the vaccine rolled out for the Sisonke programme at Milpark Hospital in Johannesburg on Thursday, May 13 2021. Image: Alaister Russell/Sunday Times
Please wait for your turn and don t try to jump the Covid-19 vaccination queue.
That was the message from Dr Keith Cloete, head of health in the Western Cape, who said on Thursday there had been “worrying and unfortunate” incidents of people who did not meet the criteria gaming the system under which health sector workers were vaccinated in the Sisonke programme.
Cloete said the Sisonke programme had “widened its criteria” for eligibility but it still only applied to those in the health sector. The vaccine is being rolled out to people over the age of 60 on Monday.