University of the Witwatersrand students, alumni as well as their families and friends can now receive their Covid-19 vaccinations on the Wits main campus.
This, all thanks to a partnership between the University and the Netcare Group. Netcare’s general manager for emergency, trauma, transplant and corporate social investment, Mande Toubkin, said it was a top health priority to ensure that everyone has easy access to the Covid-19 vaccine. “It remains our best protection against the deadly virus.”
For at least the next three weeks until September 23, the Covid-19 vaccination team from Netcare Milpark Hospital in collaboration with Professor Shabir Madhi, dean of the Wits Faculty of Health Sciences, will assist students from the university, staff, their families and others to receive their vaccines conveniently on campus.
The vaccination site opened on September 6, in the Old Mutual Sports Hall at 1 Yale Road, Braamfontein, on the Main Campus of Wits. The first in line to be vaccinated at the new site was the Wits student representative council president, Mpendulo Mfeka, who was vaccinated by Prof. Madhi.
There is no charge for people who are not on medical aid, and the vaccination will not affect the day-to-day benefit for those with medical aid. The site administers the Pfizer vaccine and is open on weekdays from 08:00 to 15:00. Those wishing to vaccinate simply need to bring their identity document or passport, and will be assisted to register their details on the electronic vaccination data system if they have not already done so.
Prof. Madhi concluded by encouraging the university’s 40 000 students to be vaccinated, as this not only reduces the chance of being infected and suffering serious illness but also of transmitting the virus to others.
