Pfizer vaccine now available in GMM
Senior citizens are encouraged to register for vaccinations in all healthcare facilities and self-registration.
SECUNDA – The Department of Health is vaccinating citizens against the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Pfizer vaccination program has also resumed at the Govan Mbeki sub-district and aims to vaccinate people aged 60 years and older.
The vaccination rollout began on 31 May at the Evander Hospital and Kinross old age care centre.
Senior citizens are encouraged to register for vaccinations in all healthcare facilities and self-registration.
Local old aged home residents came in numbers to the Lillian Ngoyi Centre in Secunda to receive their first Pfizer vaccine doses on 2 June.
Evander Hospital’s chief executive officer, Ms Madala Ndlovu, said they are vaccinating people with the Pfizer vaccine, which require two doses.
“If a person is vaccinated with the first dose, he or she must return after 14 days to the same place to get a second dose.”
Ms Ndlovu also said their programme will cover the whole municipal area.
