Hospital embarks on vaccination drive despite rain
More than 1 150 people vaccinated during the first presidential Vooma Vaccination Weekend campaign last weekend.
Despite the rainy weather, Port Shepstone Regional Hospital in partnership with primary healthcare vaccinated more than 1 150 people during the first presidential Vooma Vaccination Weekend campaign last weekend.
“The overall success of the campaign was largely influenced by the strong support given by the leadership of the firms, companies and areas we were vaccinating at in Marburg, Louisiana, Oshabeni and Oribi Plaza. This went together with broad and well-managed communication and community involvement by the community health workers, which resulted in so many people being successfully vaccinated last weekend,” said Phumza Morai, PRO of Port Shepstone Regional Hospital
She said there was broad scientific agreement that attaining herd immunity will require the vaccination of a very substantial proportion of the population, hence the Vooma Vaccination Weekends will continue up to December 2021.
“We thank the people for coming in numbers to be vaccinated, and if the remaining unvaccinated citizens could continue to come forward to get their vaccines, we would hopefully defeat the Covid-19 pandemic and escape the fourth wave which is expected to hit the country towards the end of the year,” added Ms Morai.
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