SA’s biggest businesses said they are “seriously considering” a request by the government to help fund the acquisition of Covid-19 vaccines as the disease curbs activity in the continent’s most-industrialised economy.
“Business will fully support a vaccine strategy led by the government, and particularly the department of health and the Treasury, which is transparent, credible, with integrity and clearly defined and properly co-ordinated responsibilities and accountability,” Martin Kingston, vice-president of Business Unity SA, the country’s biggest business grouping, said in an interview on Monday.
While health minister Zweli Mkhize said on Sunday that the country plans to immunise two-thirds of the population, or about 40-million people, he did not give details of the government’s funding plans. He did say assistance was being sought from business, including medical-insurance companies.
Government can get fucked