New campaign seeks to educate citizens against unregistered vaccine centres

Deputy President David Mabuza says government has developed an awareness campaign aimed at educating members of the public on the dangers of utilising unregistered Covid-19 vaccine centres.

The Deputy President said not only does government want to acquire Covid-19 vaccines that are manufactured abroad but there is also an intention to locally manufacture them.

Against this background, and to be successful in such aspirations, government must counter illegal activities such as the production of sub-standard or falsified vaccines.

“There are also webinars and radio programmes that are being utilised to engage various stakeholders on vaccine corruption risks, as well as in how we could jointly implement mitigation measures. Communication of detection and prosecution of any corruption will be done on a regular basis to enhance transparency and public accountability,” he said.

Mabuza said all registered vaccine centres will be published on various platforms so that all citizens can have access to this information.

He said government is working towards increasing the number of testing laboratories to expedite quality assurance of all vaccines produced.