JOHANNESBURG - THE MINERALS Council South Africa has projected that the mining industry would likely spend R300 million to vaccinate three million people against the Covid-19 virus as the first doses of the vaccines arrived in the country.
“That is not only our workforce of 450 000 people,” Mgojo said. “For every employee we vaccinate, we would envisage vaccinating at least five more people, be they employee family members or members of the community.” Mgojo said the process would comprise the safe storage of vaccines, determining eligibility based on medical priorities and administrative record keeping such as registering who had received a vaccine.
Last week precious metals giant Sibanye-Stillwater said it would contribute R200 million to the government’s Covid-19 vaccination procurement programme. The council reported that 275 mining employees had succumbed to the Covid-19 pandemic since the outbreak in March last year.