The Department of Health says it currently does not have the capacity to offer vaccines on a full-time basis on weekends.
Deputy-director general, Dr. Nicholas Crisp says the Department does not have enough man-power to operate vaccination clinics on both Saturdays and Sundays.
Crisp encourages residents to go for their vaccinations during the week, or on Saturdays, where there are clinics in operation.
Follow the latest Department of Health Covid-19 briefing here.
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- Government aims to vaccinate 40-million adults by the end of 2021.
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- More than 830-thousand South Africans, aged between 18 & 35, have registered for their Covid-19 vaccination.
Today more than 12 million doses administered. Together we can vaccinate more people. Thank you South Africa #VaccineRollOutSA #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/UYJycHeyo5
— Department of Health (@HealthZA) August 29, 2021
VIRTUAL BRIEFING ON COVID-19 AND VACCINATION ROLLOT PLANS
The Minister of Health Dr Joe Phaahla together with the Deputy Minister of Health Dr Sibongiseni Sibongiseni Dhlomo will convene a media on #VaccineRollOutSA https://t.co/61dk4Ej0Wt
— Department of Health (@HealthZA) August 26, 2021
Premier, Alan Winde has encouraged Western Cape residents, who are unable to get vaccinated during the week, to makes us of one of the province’s weekend vaccination sites to get inoculated.
Winde got his first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine this past weekend, at the Mitchell’s Plain Community Health Centre.
He says the province’s health department will now, every weekend, have vaccination-sites in operation, to ensure that more residents get vaccinated.
Read more on the province’s vaccination drive here.
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- SA receives first consignment of Pfizer covid-19 vaccines from US government.
- More to be done to vaccinate the country’s most-vulnerable against Covid-19.
- Health Department aims to vaccinate 300-thousand people per day.
[ICYMI] On Saturday, I received the first dose of my COVID-19 vaccine at the Mitchells Plain Community Health Centre (CHC) in Cape Town.
I encourage you to register to do the same. This is how we fight back against COVID-19!
#LetsDoThis, Western Cape! pic.twitter.com/FsnMnm1NqN— Premier Alan Winde (@alanwinde) August 2, 2021
As we approach our third wave peak in the Western Cape, it is extremely important that we continue to protect ourselves and our loved ones. #StaySafe pic.twitter.com/slWIygjedr
— Premier Alan Winde (@alanwinde) August 2, 2021
