Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize’s appreance before parliament’s portfolio committee on health on Thursday resulted in three hours of grilling from his fellow MPs.
Guns blazing, Economic Freedom Fighters MP Naledi Chirwa said: “Perhaps this needs to be answered by the finance minister – how much budget do you have to fight Covid-19? African Christian Democratic Party MP Marie Sukers remarked: “Across the nation, people are mourning and that puts pressure on us as public elected representatives to improve communication, so that we can give answers.
Responding to a question from DA MP Haseena Ismail on whether citizens would be compelled to take vaccines, Mkhize said: “We would like to see everyone taking the vaccines. But they will be taken voluntarily and not mandatory – for the benefit of people who may have moral, ethical or religious grounds not to.”
Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)