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Mzansi to ramp up vaccinations to 300,000 a day!
City Of Ekurhuleni
AUGUST 2021 (VOL.8 ISSSUE #9)
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South Africa’s vaccination rollout programme is accelerating, with over seven million vaccine doses administered to date. According to the Department of Health, the country has now distributed 7 065 432 COVID-19 jabs, of which 194 891 people received their shot on Wednesday, July 28. The recent statistics show that the total cumulative number of the administered Johnson & Johnson shots now stands at 1 386 580 and 5 678 852 for the Pfizer jab. Government is gearing up to administer over 300 000 COVID-19 vaccination inoculations a day, with an unprecedented amount of doses set to arrive in the country in the next coming days and weeks. The delivery of the vaccines will soon see the country have enough stock for about 50 days. Department of Health Deputy Director-General for the National Health Insurance, Dr Nicholas Crisp, emphasised this during a digital media webinar on how government can leverage social media in the fight against COVID-19. The Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) and the University of Johannesburg’s (UJ) Institute hosted a webinar recently. He said: “This week is the least vaccines we’ve ever had in the system”. “We are geared to do well over 300 000 vaccinations a day. We have this little window of this week where we have not yet received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. This was set to begin changing from Saturday when the country begins to receive large Pfizer consignments. “We have received some vaccines last Sunday – another 960 000 doses – but the main vaccines will really start to arrive on Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday, and the week after that,” he said.
Local youth NPO, MoTsha Change In Motion has partnered with Hollywoodbets to provide food parcels to disadvantaged families in Ratanda on Thursday, July 29. Hollywoodbets has committed R3 million in assistance to communities and areas affected by the recent unrest. “Through our #HopeisPower project, we aim to provide immediate relief in the form of food parcels or assistance to areas in major distress, as well as providing support to businesses impacted by the other riots to help them get back on their feet,” said Hollywoodbets. MoTsha Change in Motion has been committed to helping the community since the beginning of the pandemic. They have provided relief to many families that were affected by the lockdown. The organization empowers young people through dialogue, motivational and recreational activities. “We thank our partner, Hollywoodbets because through their current campaign #HopeisPower, MotshaTeens has received food parcels to distribute to members within our community who have been greatly and negatively affected by the unrest .We thank Hollywoodbet as for their generous contribution as this third food parcel drive would not have been possible,” said the organization.
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