Residents urged to use vaccination sites
“The queues are not long and the process is well-managed.”
Tshwane metro health MMC Sakkie du Plooy has encouraged residents to get vaccinated against Covid-19.
“The queues are not long and the process is well-managed,” he said.
“We urge community members to use the available vaccination sites.”
This after he last week said there were concerns that residents were not making use of opportunities to get vaccinated.
At the time, Du Plooy said their statistics showed that only 22,5% of residents aged 60 and older had been fully vaccinated.
He further said the 60-69 age group accounted for the largest number of Covid deaths in Gauteng.
“Most residents are pleasantly surprised that they are receiving effective services at the vaccination sites,” he said.
Du Plooy also called on people aged 35-49 to get their vaccinations before the vaccinations for the 18-34 age group started at the beginning of next month.
Residents who had already received their first dose of the Pfizer vaccine should bring their vaccination cards to the sites to enable staff to record that their second doses had been administered.
Meanwhile, Tshwane metro mayor Randall Williams said while the number of active cases in the city had dropped to 5 304 as of Tuesday, qualifying residents were still urged to vaccinate.
“As of July 28, 434 225 vaccinations had been administered at public and private vaccination sites in Tshwane.”
“We need to push this number even higher to achieve herd immunity,” Williams said.
People aged between 18 and 34 can start getting vaccinated from September 1.
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