SA aims to vaccinate 1.1 million people by the end of March

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SA aims to vaccinate around 1.1 million people against Covid-19 by the end of March as it ramps up its immunisation programme, health minister Zweli Mkhize said on Thursday.

Addressing parliament, Mkhize said authorities might have to inoculate more than their original target of 40 million people to reach herd immunity.

The country started rolling out Johnson & Johnson's vaccine last week in a research study targeting health-care workers. It hopes to receive doses of the Pfizer vaccine soon.Previously, SA said it had secured 20 million doses from Pfizer and nine million from J&J. But Mkhize said those numbers were just “opening negotiations” and final volumes were likely to be different. “Once it is finalised we will announce new numbers very soon,” he said.

 

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Even if we reach a million by end March which I doubt , that means another min of 40 months of this bull shit before we can even attempt to have herd immunity. Another ANC f$ck up. By that time the virus will have mutated several times .

Been a week since they started and they have only managed 32000 so far.. at this rate by end of March we will be at R177k..unless some miracle happens

And how will Zweli Mkhize's close associates linked to a R82-million health tender benefit?

Excellent job

March 2022 😄 ? We are very good at hoping to achieve things, it’s the execution that we can’t get right. Let’s hope that this time it’s different, and we meet this target within the next 35 days

May the Lord bless you for the amazing returns! I always appreciate how you make time for me out from your tight schedule WeberEvarette

Seems a very ambitious target:- 1,000,000 Target end March -52 647 (vaccinated already) 947 353 to achieve target +-60 days left To achieve target we have to vaccinate............per day ($& maths!😂)

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