Covid-19 vaccine registration to open up for more South Africans
Acting Minister of Health Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane has announced that Covid-19 vaccine registration for people between the ages of 35 and 49 will open from mid-July.
Kubayi-Ngubane made the announcement during a virtual briefing on Friday morning.
In the last 24 hours, the country recorded 22 910 new cases, which represents a 30.4% positivity rate.
South Africa now has 2 283 public sector sites and 314 private sector sites dedicated to providing jabs.
By the end of next week, the department plans to vaccinate at least 250 000 people per day.
It was to hike that number up to 300 000 per day by end of August.
“We are ramping our vaccination roll-out programme so that the vaccines can reach the majority of our population so that more people can be protected from the devastating impact of the COVID-19 virus,” said Kubayi-Ngubane.
“In addition to the persons aged 50 and above, on the 15th of July 2021, registration for persons aged between 35 and 49 will open and they will start vaccination from the 1st August 2021.”
Kubayi-Ngubane said the additional vaccines approved by the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority will boost the government supply.
“The approval came at a time when the demand for vaccines as more and more people are yearning to get vaccines. CoronaVac will boost the vaccine supply for the country`s vaccination rollout programme in addition to those we already receive from Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson.”
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