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South Africa targets 300 000 vaccinations daily

The African MirrorJuly 10, 20211 Min Read

A professional paramedic receives a dose of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine from a health staff member at a vaccination center at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa, March 26, 2021.

SOUTH Africa aims to do at least 300,000 COVID-19 vaccinations a day by the end of August, senior health official Nicholas Crisp said.

He added that the country had around 3.6 million vaccine doses in stock, enough for around 18 days of vaccinations.

SA also announced plans to start vaccinating people aged between 35 and 49 years old against COVID-19 from August 1. Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane added at a news conference that indications were that the number of COVID-19 cases in the most populous province, Gauteng, was peaking. Gauteng has been responsible for the lion’s share of infections during a severe “third wave”.