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This is where all the vaccination sites will be by province.
South Africa received the first delivery of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine tonight at OR Tambo International Airport in Gauteng on February 16, 2021. The vaccine has been approved by the South African Health Products Authority. The consignment will be moved to a secure facility in Gauteng before being distributed overnight to various vaccine centers throughout the provinces. Image: Elmond Jiyane / GCIS
JOHANNESBURG – As the Health Department prepares to launch the first phase of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine on Wednesday, a lot of work was done behind the scenes to prepare.
Virtual training on vaccination began in all provinces earlier this year.
After a brief setback, the country’s first COVID-19 vaccines are scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. Wednesday and have been distributed to 18 sites across the country. The first shipment of 80,000 vaccines will be launched as part of the expanded research South Africa has been involved in with the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, meaning taxpayers won’t pay the bill. These vaccines will be used to vaccinate healthcare workers across the country. The next nine million vials of the vaccine will be purchased by fiscus.
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This is where the vaccination sites of each province will be, as confirmed Wednesday by the spokesman for the national Health Department, Popo Maja.
- Eastern Cape:
Livingston Hospital
Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital
- Free State:
University Hospital (C)
Pelonomi Hospital
- Gauteng:
Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital
Steve Biko Academic Hospital
- KwaZulu-Natal:
Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital
Prince Mshiyeni Memorial Hospital
- Limpopo:
Pietersburg Hospital
Mankweng Hosptial
- Mpumalanga:
Rob Ferreira Hospital
Witbank Hospital
- Northwest:
Klerksdorp-Tshepong Tertiary Hospital
Job Shimankana Tabane Hospital
- North Cape:
Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe Hospital
- West Cape:
Groote Schuur Hospital
Tygerberg Hospital
Khayelitsha District Hospital
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