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National treasury is considering raising taxes as one of several possible mechanisms to fund the vaccination drive against Covid-19, Business Day reported.
The government viewed the vaccines as a public good and was committed to financing their roll-out, with or without support from the private sector and medical schemes, the Johannesburg-based newspaper reported, citing treasury director-general Dondo Mogajane.
Other options the treasury is exploring include widening the budget deficit and reprioritising government spending. The pandemic was a good case for emergency funding, Business Day cited Mogajane as saying.
The department of health has estimated a maximum cost of R20-billion to vaccinate the entire country, while more recent internal estimates done by the treasury are far lower than this, the newspaper said.
Tax hikes to fund Covid-19 vaccines?
By Jacqueline Mackenzie
(Bloomberg) – South Africa’s National Treasury is considering raising taxes as one of several possible mechanisms to fund the vaccination drive against Covid-19, Business Day reported.
At this point South Africa is due to get 9 million doses from Johnson & Johnson, 1.5 million shots of the AstraZeneca vaccine, 12 million through Covax and 12.25 million from the African Vaccine Acquisition Task Team, according to the daily newspaper.
Other options the Treasury is exploring include widening the budget deficit and re-prioritising government spending. The pandemic was a good case for emergency funding, Business Day cited Mogajane as saying.