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Vaccine hesitancy: CEOs of Steve Biko, Chris Hani Baragwanath hospitals worried The Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto has been inoculating health care workers and its CEO, Dr Nkele Lesia, said more needs to be done to educate the public to ensure they turnout at the vaccination sites. A vaccinator at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News 9 days ago JOHANNESBURG – The chief executive officers (CEOs) of two prominent public hospitals in Gauteng have been concerned about hesitancy among citizens when it comes to signing up for the COVID-19 vaccine when the second phase kicks off on Monday. ....
Sisonke team rubbishes fake WhatsApp message about vaccine free-for-all 13 May 2021 4:52 PM Share This: The leadership of the Sisonke J&J study has distanced itself from a fake message claiming that vaccines are now open to the public. Reports have emerged online that some social media influencers and other members of the public have been receiving a WhatsApp message inviting them to get a vaccine at a clinic in Mitchell s Plain. The message, which has been seen by CapeTalk, claims that there is an excess of Sisonke Johnson & Johnson vaccines that needed to be used by this weekend. No extra Johnson & Johnson doses to give away ....
J&J Covid-19 vaccinations have been paused after extremely rare cases of blood clotting emerged in the US. US health agencies are conducting investigations to determine if there s a causal link between the clotting and vaccinations. Two local experts believe the Sisonke vaccine study will likely resume within the next few days. The Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine rollout in South Africa was temporarily suspended on 13 April after reports emerged of six cases of severe blood clots among 6.8 million people who received the jab in the US. We have determined to voluntarily suspend our rollout until the causal relationship between the development of clots and the Johnson & Johnson vaccine is sufficiently interrogated, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said in a briefing. ....
SA needs more Covid-19 vaccinators - SAMA Share CAPE TOWN - The department of health is planning to inoculate over a million healthcare workers by the end of March. Health Minister Zweli Mkhize, told parliament on Thursday that more than a million health-care workers can expect to receive a coronavirus shot by the end of March, after the health department secured a commitment from Pfizer for an initial tranche of 600,000 doses of its double-shot vaccine. While the plan to immunise so many people in just a month is no small task, the South African Medical Association (SAMA) says the government needs to increase the number of vaccinators and vaccination sites, if it wants to achieve its target. ....