[Thread] On Friday, South Africa’s largest open medical aid scheme Discovery sent an email to members outlining its plans to rollout #COVID19sa vaccines to members. Here’s what you need to know: bit.ly/DiscoveryCovid…
2/7 Discovery is investing in preparing to vaccinate 3m adults quickly when #COVID19sa vaccines become available. Govt remains the only buyer of vaccines in South Africa, but the scheme says it has the capacity to 50,000 people daily. #COVID19vaccine bit.ly/DiscoveryCovid…
3/7 Discovery estimates it should be able to vaccinate “all of Discovery’s 550 000 high-risk members within a few weeks” when stocks become available #COVID19sa. Gore confirms stocks remain constrained in this 2nd quarter of year #COVID19vaccine bit.ly/DiscoveryCovid…
4/7 Discovery founder Adrian Gore says modelling by the scheme indicates high-risk people should be ideally vaccinated against #COVID19sa by June — much earlier than Cabinet projections of October 2021 bit.ly/DiscoveryCovid… 
5/7 Gore’s letter also hints that the creation of categories & sub-categories of high-risk groups to be prioritised for #COVID19sa vaccines is at advanced states. A rollout to reach 37m adults — or more than herd immunity would look like this: bit.ly/DiscoveryCovid…
6/7 Private sector #COVID19sa vaccinations expected to start May 1: “Discovery is deploying in excess of 500 people and spending significant capital to achieve this, including on the establishment of more than 20 large-scale vaccination centres.” bit.ly/DiscoveryCovid…
7/7 Lastly, Discovery will use its own electronic #COVID19vaccine registration system, which it says will work with govt portal. It’s not clear how / if the scheme will opening its vaccination centres to the public. Read the full letter here. #COVID19sa bit.ly/DiscoveryCovid…
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