[Thread] 1. The two jabs — #JohnsonandJohnson and #Pfizer — that SA will (so far) use in its national #CovidVaccine roll-out have now both been approved for use by our regulator, @SAHPRA1. So what now — when will you get your jab?
2. The next batch of J&J jabs (200 000) will arrive on 10 April. But these #CovidVaccines are for use in SA's Sisonke trial (our implementation study) and only #HealthWorkers can be vaccinated with them. They can’t be used for our wider, national roll-out.
3. Our 1st commercial batch — 1 million J&J jabs — will land in the 3rd/4th wk of April. The diffs between this batch + the Sisonke jabs: we’re paying for this batch + can use it outside of a research setting. The Sisonke jabs came for free but we can only use them for the study.
4. #ZweliMkhize last week said we’ll also get J&J #CovidVaccines in May (0.9 million), June (0.9 (million) and July (9 million). If all goes according to schedule, we’ll have 11.8 million J&J jabs by the end of July. bit.ly/3cQLYgU
5. According to #Mkhize, SA will also get 6.75 million Pfizer #CovidVaccines (5.5 million from Pfizer, 1.25 million via#COVAX) between April and June. But we don’t yet know how the monthly delivery of these will be broken down.
6. In total, we’ll get 31 million #JohnsonandJohnson jabs and 20 million #Pfizer jabs, but most of these will only arrive in the second half of 2021 (and some likely in early 2022).
7. About 270 000 #HealthWorkers had been vaccinated against #COVID19 by April 4 via the Sisonke study. The study will cover 500 000 of the 1 million - 1.25 million workers.
8. When our 1 million paid-for J&J batch arrives in the 2nd half of April, the #HealthWorkers who hadn't been covered by the Sisonke study, will be vaccinated first — that would be about 500 000 - 750 000 workers (this part of our roll-out is called phase 1).
9. After #HealthWorkers, people over 60 will get their turn for #COVID19 vaccinations. That will start in May (even if all health workers had not been vaccinated by then — #Mkhize says phase 1 [health workers] and phase 2 [older people, etc] will overlap somewhat).
10. If you’re over 60 and a member of Discovery Health, you’ll be able to register with the scheme and get a #COVID19 jab from May 1 onwards. They’re planning to do 50 000 vaccinations of high risk people/ day. Their booking system will be linked to the government's EVDS system.
11. Once older people have been covered, people with comorbidities, those in institutions such as prisons and essential workers will get their turn. The idea is to prioritise the people who are most likely to die from #COVID19 or end up in hospital with complications.
12. In November, everyone else (those who are 18 years and older) will get their turn to get vaccinated against #COVID19. The goal is to have all adults vaccinated by Feb 2022 (but that’s, of course, only if everything goes to plan).
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