We should get early vaccine too, say traditional healers
3 February 2021 5:51 PM
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The SADC Traditional Health Practitioners Association says 85% of South Africans visit traditional practitioners on a daily basis.
The Western Cape Health Department said on Wednesday that the vaccination of healthworkers in the province against Covid-19 would get underway by mid-February.
But traditional healers say they feel left behind by the government and believe they too should be included in the prioritised vaccination rollout.
Sylvester Hlati is president of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Traditional Health Practitioners Association.
Our concern as practitioners is, why were we left out?
Traditional doctors, sangomas want to be vaccinated alongside frontline health workers. (Getty Images)
Traditional doctors, herbalists and sangomas say they are health workers and are calling on government to include them when frontline health workers vaccinations start.
On Monday, the first consignment of vaccines landed at OR Tambo International Airport.
The government will begin its first phase of the vaccination programme by vaccinating health workers.
Traditional doctors, herbalists and sangomas say they are health workers too and are calling on the government to include them in the rollout of vaccinations to frontline health workers.
The call was made by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Traditional Health Practitioners Association, which has a membership of 75 000.
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