# c19vaccine

- Link: https://dearsouthafrica.co.za/c19vaccine/
- Published: 2021-01-14T13:55:29+02:00
- Author: dearSA

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### 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.**

Please have your say on this important matter as a country-wide analysis is essential
in order to provide the government with information on concerns, **possible alternatives**
and problems facing all communities.

### **17216**** **participants (closed 28 Feb 2021)

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### SUMMARY

    - 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.

### IN THE MEDIA

 * [listen] ChaiFM – [New Blue Review with Benji Shulman (Rob Hutchinson as guest)](https://www.chaifm.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2021.01.18-Rob-Hutchinson-from-Dear-South-Africa-Paliarmentary-Matters-1-1.mp3)
 * The Citizen – [Eastern Cape to vaccinate 3.7 million people within the next 9 months](https://citizen.co.za/news/covid-19/treatment-news/2419586/eastern-cape-to-vaccinate-3-7-million-people-within-the-next-9-months/)
 * BusinessTech – [South Africa is getting a Covid-19 vaccine ‘ID system’ – how it will work](https://businesstech.co.za/news/technology/461960/south-africa-is-getting-a-covid-19-vaccine-id-system-how-it-will-work/)