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Soars of health workers flock to Durban hospital as Sisonke Programme due to end Updated Nushera Soodyal Share this: The Netcare Group says theres been an influx of healthcare workers arriving to be vaccinated at its St Augustines Hospital vaccination site in Durban as the Sisonke Programme draws to a close. Nushera Soodyal It says misinformation currently being circulated isnt helping. The group has again urged healthcare workers without an appointment to not come to the facility. Hundreds o...

Covid-19 Vaccination Latest: Thousands jabbed at St Augustines hospital Thousands of health care workers got their Covid-19 vaccine at the hospital, although many waited all day in long queues. Netcare St Augustine’s Hospital is currently vaccinating many eligible healthcare workers who have registered to receive their COVID-19 vaccination at the site in Durban. Netcare Hospitals managing director, Jacques du Plessis, confirmed that Netcare St Augustine’s Hospital had been set up to receive...

Alan Winde: All systems go for Western Cape vaccine roll-out Western Cape Premier Alan Winde has urged residents to register for Phase 2 of the vaccination roll-out His comments come as national government’s own inoculation plans raise more questions than answers and raise doubt as to whether the overall target of more than 40 million South Africans, will be met, at least on time. So far, over 382 000 jabs have been administered to healthcare workers across the country, however Health Ministe...

Western Cape has eight cases of UK Covid-19 variant and none of the Indian variant Share Cape Town - The eight cases of the new Covid-19 variant that have been recorded in the Western Cape are of the variant first detected in the UK, and none of the new Indian variant. Over the weekend, Health Minister Dr Zweli said 11 cases of the B.1.1.7 (UK) variant and four of the B.1.617.2 (India) variant had been detected in the country. Mkhize said the countrys scientists had sequenced a coronavirus te...

KZN, here are your Covid-19 vaccination sites Share DURBAN - THE National Health Department has opened several more vaccine sites across the country as it hopes to vaccinate more people in the coming weeks. Currently, 339 655 healthcare workers have been vaccinated. This morning, Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize announced the locations of the active sites across the country, with nine sites set up in KZN District Municipalities. They are: Harry Gwala DM - Christ the King Hospital Umkhanyakude ...

Health-care workers in J&J vaccine trial must re-consent as roll-out resumes By Staff Reporter Share CAPE TOWN – The Western Cape Health Department said that the health-care workers who have been vaccinated already as part of the Johnson and Johnson Sisonke Programme, will have to re-consent to participating as the roll-out resumes today. The Johnson and Johnson (J&J) Sisonke Programme to vaccinate health-care workers, is part of the first phase of the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out in the country...

28 April 2021, 9:39 AM  |  SABC  |  @SABCNews Image: ReutersThe rollout of the J&J vaccine is set to resume on Wednesday through the Sisonke programme. The South African Health Products Authority (SAHPRA) says recipients of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine will be informed of the possibility of extremely rare blood clots developing, once the injection is administered. The rollout was halted after six pati...

The study was temporarily paused two weeks ago after six American women suffered an extremely rare clotting disorder, after receiving the J&J vaccine.

DA threatens legal action after KZN health department blocks vaccine oversight tour By IOL Reporter Share DURBAN - THE DA has threatened to seek legal action after officials were blocked from conducting an oversight visit at one of KwaZulu-Natal’s vaccination sites this afternoon. DA KZN leader, Francois Rodgers, said they were blocked from entering the Phoenix Community Health Centre. The visit formed part of the party’s nation-wide tour of vaccination sites after the Sisonke Progra...

Advertisement The federal government says it signed off to receive 29.8 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine through the African Union (AU). Faisal Shuaib, executive director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), disclosed this at a media briefing on Monday. Advertisement Shuaib said apart from the expected doses, the government will preserve 50 percent of available AstraZeneca vaccine in Nigeria for administration of second doses because of delay ...