Gauteng premier David Makhura said he is encouraged by the willingness of the province’s healthcare workers to be vaccinated against Covid-19.
He said this while briefing the media during his visit to the Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital on Friday afternoon to monitor progress on the vaccination programme.
Makhura has announced that the province has successfully administered all 16 800 of the vaccineconsignments received.
With South Africa expected to receive the second batch of the Johnson and Johnson jabs on Saturday, Makhura says they are ready to expand the vaccination rollout programme next week.
Makhura said healthcare workers from other provinces also got vaccinated at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital and Steve Biko Academic hospitals. “Our hospitals have been crowded. I mean, there were doctors who came as far as from Mpumalanga and Limpopo and at times our system was getting overrun by the numbers,” said Makhura.
The province intends to vaccinate 67% (10.4 million people) of Gauteng’s population.
