SA business lobby group wants elderly to be part of first phase Covid-19 vaccination

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Business for South Africa (B4SA) has called for the government to shift the emphasis on its vaccine programme to target the elderly and vulnerable sooner.

Johannesburg - South African business lobby group Business for South Africa called on Monday for the government to shift the emphasis on its vaccine programme to target the elderly and vulnerable sooner, to prevent hospitals being overrun in a third wave of Covid-19 infections.

Stavros Nicolaou, an executive of Aspen Pharmacare which has a contract to make Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccines in South Africa, and who also serves as chairman of the Public Health Workgroup at business lobby Business for South Africa , said the group had called for changes in light of the slow rollout.

"In the absence of having sufficient vaccines in quarter two, it makes more sense to start vaccinating people who are in the mortality curve, and not overwhelm the healthcare services," Nicolaou told Reuters on Monday.

 

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What vaccine programme?That's just a story cooked-up by Mkize's communication consultants (of which knows nothing - wink*wink).

Take ur time, they too old, no need to sterilise them or give them vaccine induced diseases, they will die soon

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What vacine program is this?

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Uhhhhhh....vaccine programme ? 😜🤣🤔

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