THE Gauteng health department said it would add new vaccination sites to ensure that more people who are 60 years and older get vaccinated.
This, after the department announced last week that it was hoping to vaccinate more than 1.3 million people over the age of 60 during the second phase of the national Covid-19 vaccination plan.
The department said on Monday that the move increases the public vaccination sites in Gauteng from 28 to 63 sites spread across the five regions of the province:
- Joburg (18),
- Tshwane (14),
- Ekurhuleni (14),
- West Rand (10) and;
- Sedibeng (7).
As of Saturday, 22 May 2021, 40 028 people were vaccinated at Old Age Homes and health facilities across the province.
To date, 164 191 people, including healthcare workers have been vaccinated, with 390 945 registered on the Electronic Vaccination Data System (EVDS) platform.
Gauteng province has 218 old age homes it
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