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The health department has clarified that those who got their initial jabs of the Covid-19 vaccine outside SA can soon get their booster shots in this country.

The deputy director-general of the health department, Dr Nicholas Crisp, says the Electronic Vaccination Data System [EVDS] is working well, despite reported hiccups in the registration process.

Cabinet discussed measures to protect South Africans from a third wave of infections. It encouraged people over the age of 60 to register for the vaccination programme. "There will be a family meeting soon," acting Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni has announced at a post-Cabinet briefing as the number of Covid-19 infections and the death toll continue to rise. LIVE | However, the measures President Cyril Ramaphosa are expected to announce are still considered private and are not for public consumption. Earlier this week, News24 reported that Level 2 lockdown restrictions could...

Learning from the experience of others – vaccine rollouts from around the world ― Otto von Bismarck Six months have passed since the first COVID-19 vaccine was administered in Coventry, England in December 2020. Since then, 1.5 billion doses have been injected worldwide. The events unfolding in India, however, are a cautionary tale against overconfident leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic. The dire situation there emphasises the fact that we need to remain vigilant during the vaccination rollout. A timely and effective vaccine rollout remains more important than ever, but it is not a ...

Cabinet has urged those aged 60 and over, to register for their COVID-19 vaccination, as government gears up to commence with phase two of its mass vaccine rollout on Monday. According to a statement released by Cabinet on Thursday, the national and provincial Departments of Health will soon issue information about the location of more than 3 000 vaccination centres across the country. “The commencement of phase two will run simultaneously with the continuing vaccination of healthcare workers (HCWs) whose vaccination was affected by the regulatory issues that beset the Johnson & Johnson vac...