We'll vaccinate 67% of population in 21 days — Mpumalanga health MEC Sasekani Manzini

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Mpumalanga health MEC Sasekani Manzini says the province will need only 21 days to vaccinate 67% of its population for Covid-19 when the Pfizer jabs arrive in SA.

The elderly pay close attention as Mpumalanga MEC for health Sasekani Manzini delivers her speech during the launch of the electronic vaccination system in Verena.Mpumalanga health MEC Sasekani Manzini says the province will need only 21 days to vaccinate 67% of its people for Covid-19 when the jab arrives.

“We are here to launch the electronic vaccination system for old people from the age of 60 upwards for the second phase of the vaccination programme. As the province, we are targeting 67% of the population and when the Pfizer vaccine arrives we will need only about 21 days and we will be done.

“At the beginning of this year we had our numbers increasing in the province, but now the numbers have dropped. Talking about the third wave, if we can adhere to the protocols, we will not have a problem on increasing numbers,” said Manzini.

 

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