Gauteng Premier David Makhura says law enforcement agencies have cracked down on two warehouses in the province, where they found vaccines which did not have the necessary approval.
Makhura was speaking at the Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital on Wednesday, where the first frontline health care workers in the province received their Johnson & Johnson vaccine jabs.
Makhura said the security of the vaccine was extremely important.
“The security of this vaccine is extremely important, where they are stored. We have also seen in some instances that fake vaccines can also be smuggled into our own markets here so the law enforcement agencies will do everything to ensure that there is no distribution of vaccines that are not approved,” said Makhura.
“They are already cracking some of these scams and they have been able to crack up warehouses in two areas in Gauteng where they found vaccines that are not approved,” said Makhura.
Makhura has urged Gauteng residents that they should be ready to get vaccinated when the time for the public to get the vaccine. “I am also ready to get the vaccine, but I can’t get it now because I am not a health care worker but when my time comes, I will get vaccinated. We are going to vaccinate over 10 Million residents in our province,” he said.
On Wednesday, President Cyril Ramaphosa and Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize were among the group in the Western Cape who received the first vaccinations in the country.
