
The Western Cape Health Department says it will work towards increasing access to Covid-19 vaccines in poorer communities.
Head of Health, Dr Keith Cloete says current data shows that a larger percentage of residents, in more affluent areas, are fully vaccinated.
Cloete says it’s especially pensioners in the Klipfontein-, Tygerberg-, Khayelitsia and Mitchells Plain areas that have not yet had access to an injection.
Access this week’s Western Cape Covid-19 digital conference here.
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Good morning Western Cape!
📢 Covid-19 vaccination update for 8 November 2021.#LetsDoThis pic.twitter.com/CCvUQ3pckf
— Premier Alan Winde (@alanwinde) November 10, 2021
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— Premier Alan Winde (@alanwinde) November 9, 2021

The Western Cape Department of Health says national Government is considering to, in future, also vaccinate children, aged 12 to 17, against Covid-19.
The province’s Head of Health, Dr Keith Cloete says the move would help curb the continued spread of the virus.
Cloete said the more South Africans that are vaccinated, the less severe the next wave of the pandemic would be.
He says they are also considering giving people over 50, with underlying health-conditions, and health workers a booster-dose of Covid-19 vaccine.
Access the Western Cape’s latest Covid-19 digicon here.
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— Premier Alan Winde (@alanwinde) October 7, 2021
Good morning Western Cape!
📢 Covid-19 vaccination update for 7 October 2022
Yesterday, we administered 36 064 vaccines, bringing the total number of administered vaccines to 3 089 286 to date. #LetsDoThis pic.twitter.com/4Sb1l62XBu
— Premier Alan Winde (@alanwinde) October 8, 2021

Western Cape residents, older than 50 years of age, have been urged to get vaccinated as soon as possible.
Although the majority of the province’s covid-19 infections were seen in people in the younger age cohorts, it’s those in the older age brackets who end up in hospital with Covid-complications.
According to the Western Cape Head of Health, Dr. Keith Cloete, 39% of the province’s residents, aged 20 to 39, tested positive for the virus, but rarely ended up being hospitalized.
Cloete says those over 50, have shown to get more severe forms of the virus.
He says there is concern that less and less people, in the 50 and 60-plus age-groups, register and show up for their injection.
Follow the Western Cape’s latest Covid-19 vaccination updates here.
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📢Covid-19 vaccination update for 2 October 2021
Yesterday, we administered 16 501 vaccines, bringing the total number of administered vaccines to 2 923 927 date. #LetsDoThis pic.twitter.com/mmVTZvX338
— Premier Alan Winde (@alanwinde) October 3, 2021
2/2 By 5pm on 30 September 2021, the Western Cape Government had administered a cumulative total of 2 878 501 vaccines to healthcare workers, staff in the education sector and those within eligible age brackets.
— Premier Alan Winde (@alanwinde) October 1, 2021

The Western Cape Health Department says it has, to date, managed to vaccinate more than 66% of the province’s pensioners.
The Department’s Chief of Operations, Dr Saadiq Kariem said around 51% of residents, between the ages of 50 and 59, have been vaccinated.
Kariem says only around 40% of 35 to 49-year olds had been vacinnated, while in the 18 to 34-year old age group, only 20% have been vaccinated.
Access the latest Western Cape Covid-19 digital conference here.
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📢Covid-19 vaccination update for 16 September 2021
Yesterday, we administered 38 424 vaccines, bringing the total number of administered vaccines to 2 586 801 date. #LetsDoThis pic.twitter.com/rRLiJTVlco
— Premier Alan Winde (@alanwinde) September 17, 2021
#ICYMI Watch my weekly Digital Press Conference on the health platform and vaccine roll out strategy in the Western Cape. https://t.co/QbBZBXiOxS
— Premier Alan Winde (@alanwinde) September 17, 2021

The Western Cape Department of Health says more than 90% of Covid-19 patients, currently admitted to the province’s hospitals, are unvaccinated.
Research by the UCT Health Sciences faculty shows that of the 156 patients admitted to the Groote Schuur Hospital, 153 were not vaccinated against the virus.
The Health Department’s Dr Saadiq Kariem says of the 66 patients in ICU, not one of the patients had their Covid-19 injection.
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We held our weekly COVID-19 digital press conference yesterday.
📖 Read Premier Alan Winde's statement: https://t.co/R7kok5YkvB
📺 Watch the recording: https://t.co/0Cw415L0qI
💻 View the presentation shared: https://t.co/l3y5Mob71t#LetsDoThis pic.twitter.com/grnARsZ71X— Western Cape Gov (@WesternCapeGov) September 10, 2021
#LetsDoThis, Western Cape!👌 Our Department of Health administered 40 291 vaccines yesterday, bringing the total number to 2 368 116.
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— Western Cape Gov (@WesternCapeGov) September 10, 2021