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BEING YOUNG, HAVING FUN (AND A MEAL)
MAKING A
SPLASH: To
celebrate
Youth Day last
week, Friends
of Schalk
organised a
special open
day at the
Ruth Belonsky
Public Pool in
Parkside. In
addition,
Friends of
Schalk
provided food
for 400
children with
Nate’s Car
Sales
sponsoring the
event P i c t u re :
MATTHEW FIELD
Vaccine rollout for
40 plus on the cards
Requests from scores of concerned people
UNATHI NKANJENI
Acting health minister
Mmamoloko Kubayi-
Ngubane says the
government is looking at
opening the Covid-19 vaccine
registration portal for people
aged 40 years and older.
Kubayi-Ngubane said she
had received requests from
scores of people worried about
the increasing number of
Covid-19 infections.
She told 702 on Monday
that the government was
considering the requests and
changes would be announced
by the end of the week.
“I have received a request to
say we need to consider
opening the 40 plus, specifically
because they are active, they
move and all those things — we
are looking at that,” she said.
Kubayi-Ngubane said
opening up the registration
portal will save the country's
e c o n o my.
“We would like to see the
40-plus registration open in the
coming weeks so we can start
making sure we vaccinate the
people that are active and
moving so we can save our
economy as well,” she said.
According to statistics shared
by the government’s head of
digital communications, Athi
Geleba, fewer than 500,000
people have been fully
vaccinated in the country. At
least 2,142,624 people have
received their first dose of the
va c c i n e .
The National Institute for
Communicable Diseases
(NICD) reported that South
Africa has to date recorded
❝We would like to see
the 40-plus
registration open
soon so we can start
making sure we
vaccinate the people
that are active and
moving and save our
economy as well
1,832,475 confirmed Covid-19
cases and 9,160 new cases were
identified in the past 24 hours,
along with 93 deaths.
Last week, Western Cape
premier Alan Winde said it was
time for the government to open
up Covid-19 vaccine
registrations for citizens aged 50
to 59.
He said there was no reason
this shouldn’t happen while
vaccinations of people 60 and
older continue under the
second phase of the Covid-19
vaccine programme.
He said he was worried that
registration would be left to the
last minute.
“We should rather be getting
as many people registered now
so that we can have a seamless
change to the next phase,
without any delays,” said
Wi n d e .
“I will continue to make
these arguments in my
engagement with the national
government because we must
ensure we are ready for the next
phase as soon as possible.” --
DispatchLIVE
MOVING FORWARD: Acting
health minister Mmamoloko
Kubayi-Ngubane
Picture: GCIS/ JAIRUS MMUTLE
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