[Thread] 1. VACCINE ROLL-OUT UPDATE from the Western Cape: Keith Cloete, the head of the WC health department says the province today received just over 30 000 doses of the 1st batch of (325 260) Pfizer #CovidVaccines that arrived in SA on May 2.
2. .@WestCapeHealth expects to receive #JandJ jabs from May 28. Deliveries of both #Pfizer + J&J will be made each week (the nr of doses will increase with time — in line with national deliveries: SA will get 300 000 Pfizer doses each week in May and 600 000+ each week in June).
3. What will the 30 000 #Pfizer jabs in the WC be used for? To vaccinate #HealthWorkers not covered by the Sisonke trial and people of 60+ in old-age homes. So phase 2 (people of 60+) will start off in old-age homes, not at individual sites. When? Monday, 17 May.
4. When can people of 60+ in the WC expect to get text messages that notify them about where + when to get #COVID19 jabs? In 2 - 3 weeks, Keith Cloete says. Why only then? They're starting off with block bookings in old-age homes + individual sites for #HealthWorkers.
5. What proportion of people of 60+ in the WC has registered on the EVDS? 27% of the 720 000 people over 60 in the province. The district that has done the best with registrations is Overberg: 44% of people over 60 in that district has registered.
6. #HealthWorkers who live in the Cape Metro will be able to get #COVID jabs at the sites below from Monday. People of 60+: For the next 2-3 weeks, only old age homes will be covered + a small group of people who will be personally invited to go to sites (to test them out).
7. How will the vaccinations at old-age homes work? @WestCapeHealth worked with the social development dpt to get the names of those in homes. So far, they've registered 60 000 residents on the EVDS and have made block bookings. Outreach teams will go to the homes.
8. When will the WC start opening up more sites? No specific dates, but sites will be phased in gradually:
* There will 204 sites - 70 of them in the City of Cape Town and the rest in rural districts
* Public sites will open first
* There will be weekly announcement re sites
9. How can you register on the EVDS?
1. Go to westerncape.gov.za or vaccination.health.gov.za/#/
2. Dial *134*832# from a cell phone and follow the instructions (you don't have to pay for the data you use to do this)
3. WhatsApp the word "register" to 0600 123 456
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