By Kaya 959 Reporter
Williams said there has been a slow update on vaccines in the province. He says so far, the City of Tshwane has administered just under 1.6 million vaccines.
“Of these, 899 472 people have been fully vaccinated, either through the Johnson & Johnson single dose or two Pfizer doses,” Williams says.
He adds that these figures represent an increase from the previous month of about 250 000 additional vaccines administered.
“Unfortunately, this is still lower than what we anticipated and is simply not enough for Tshwane to reach herd immunity,” he says.
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“Currently, the 40 to the 49 year age group is the most vaccinated with 204 882 individuals fully vaccinated. The second-highest age cohort is the 30 to 39 yeargroup, with 198 590 fully vaccinated individuals.
The 20 to 29 year age group is sitting with 118 306 fully vaccinated individuals while the vulnerable 60 years and older cohort have 185 644 fully vaccinated individuals,” Williams.
As of 27 November 2021, only 29,59% of the Tshwane population had been fully vaccinated. Tshwane is estimated to have a population of 3 039 308.
Taking these figures into consideration, Williams says with the rising number of active COVID-19 cases, the city has ensured that its comprehensive COVID-19 management strategy is implemented across Tshwane.
“There will be door-to-door educational campaigns and setting up of pop-up vaccination sites in identified hotspot areas,” Williams adds.
He says vaccination is the best defence we have against COVID-19 and is critical in ensuring that the City does not have many infected people ending up in hospital.
To date, South Africa has 2 976 613 COVID-19 cases with 8 561 new infections recorded on Wednesday.
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