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Western Cape Premier Alan Winde says he is relieved that the vaccine rollout has finally arrived.
The Cape Town metro has identified seven vaccination sites for the first week of Phase 2 of the rollout.
Among those who received the vaccine on Monday was Archbishop Emiritus Desmond Tutu and his wife Leah.
The Western Cape government breathed a sigh of relief on Monday as Phase 2 of the Covid-19 vaccine rollout got under way at the Brooklyn Chest Hospital in Cape Town.
Premier Alan Winde said he was relieved that the day of the vaccine rollout had finally arrived. I began getting frustrated with the slow pace of the vaccine rollout, but the day has finally arrived. Over the last year, the Covid-19 pandemic has taken away so much from so many people across our Province. Many families in the Western Cape have had to mourn the death of someone they love, he said.
He confirmed that all 87 vaccination sites had begun administering Covid-19 vaccines by 11am on 17 May.
The daily number of doses administered will increase as the week goes on, he said. About 200 sites will be active by the end of the week.
South African Health Minister Zweli Mkhize in Johannesburg on 17 May 2021 during the first day of Covid-19 vaccinations for the over-60 population of the country. (Photo: EPA-EFE / Kim Ludbrook)
Mkhize was visiting the Munsieville Care Centre for the Aged with Gauteng premier David Makhura and MEC for health Nomathemba Mokgethi as part of an oversight visit in Gauteng.
Those who had registered were ushered into the hall in groups of 10 at a time to avoid overcrowding. By 11am, staff had vaccinated 20 of the more than 800 registered residents.
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