You are invited to provide comment, input, objections or alternate solutions to the government roll-out of the Covid Vaccine.
President Cyril Ramaphosa announced earlier this week the country had secured 20 million vaccine doses to combat the coronavirus, which were to be delivered mainly in the first half of the year. It will aim to inoculate two-thirds of the population by the end of the year.
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SUMMARY
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- President Cyril Ramaphosa announced earlier this week the country had secured 20 million vaccine doses to combat the coronavirus, which were to be delivered mainly in the first half of the year.
- Last week, the government announced it had struck a deal for an initial 1.5 million doses of a vaccine developed by AstraZeneca Plc and the University of Oxford from The Serum Institute of India Ltd, with the first shipments set to arrive this month, Bloomberg reported.
- It will aim to inoculate two-thirds of the population by the end of the year.
- On top of the list of people to receive the doses will be 200,000 healthcare and health-related workers.
- Local scientists estimate the country would likely reach herd immunity at around 67% of the population – around 40 million people.