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Health Minister Zweli Mkhize: 5-million senior citizens will be vaccinated by the end of June if vaccines flow as expected. Tomorrow vaccination starts with 83 sites in the public sector & four in the private sector for 60+ & remaining healthcare workers #COVID19sa #COVID19

Mkhize: More than 1.2 million senior citizens have registered on the EVD citizens. Tomorrow, vaccine sites will not take senior citizen walk-ins #COVID19 #COVID19sa sacoronavirus.co.za/evds/

If you or a loved one is a senior has received a voucher for a vaccine, please make sure to bring with:
1) ID / Passport / Drivers' liscense
2) Medical aid number

Don't forget to register if you are 60+ #COVID19sa #COVID19 sacoronavirus.co.za/evds/

Eastern Cape has about two dozen sites cold-chain ready to distribute the Pfizer #COVID19sa vaccine. The province is working to enable traditional leadership as vaccine champions. National health department has promised to deliver more ultra cold chain freezers for the vaccines.

More than 174,000 seniors in the Eastern Cape have registered for the #COVID19sa vaccine. The province has established a war room to coordinate the rollout. Distribution of Pfizer vaccine will be under tight security. 60+ Register here sacoronavirus.co.za/evds/

Free State will begin #covid19SA vaccination in old age homes. 37,741 senior citizens out of more than 280,000 citizens have registered. CHWs are going into communities to register more seniors. #COVID19sa sacoronavirus.co.za/evds/

Gauteng has est. 29 Pfizer #COVID19sa vaccine sites. Gauteng expects to vaccinate 1.3 million senior citizens ultimately. Officials are asking people NOT to come without a voucher. Here is a list of GP sites where officials will be monitoring the rollout. #COVID19Vaccination

The health department says it will publish a list of all 87 initial #COVID19sa vaccine sites soon. People who are over the age of 60 are being encouraged to register electronically if possible sacoronavirus.co.za/evds/

Limpopo will begin its Pfizer #COVID19sa vaccine rollout with six sites. More sites are ready to roll out the less complicated J&J vaccine when supplies become available, says MEC Phophi Ramathuba. Register here sacoronavirus.co.za/evds/

Ramathuba commends the ZCC Church for forgoing its annual pilgrimage to Moria for 2 years due to concerns around the risk #COVID19sa spread.

Leftover Sisonke #COVID19sa vaccine doses will be used as part of Medical Research Council research within special groups such as lactating women for whom data is lacking, Mkhize confirms.

Total #Pfizer vaccines in South Africa are expected to be 975,780 by tomorrow morning as 325,260 doses arrive tonight, says health dept. 60 yrs & older are being asked to register here: #COVID19sa sacoronavirus.co.za/evds/

Read Health Minister Zweli Mkhize's introductory remarks from tonight's briefing on South Africa #COVID19sa vaccine campaign launch here #COVID19 #COVID19vaccine bit.ly/16MayMkhize

The more than 80 active #COVID19sa vaccination sites will be updated on this link soon, says health department. #COVID19sa #VaccinateToSaveSouthAfrica sacoronavirus.co.za/2021/05/12/act…

Health department's Anban Pillay: "SMS invitations for vaccination were sent out today & we will continue to send out invitations to all persons that have registered over the next few weeks." He adds scheduling is based on order of registration + proximity to sites. #COVID19sa

North West has registered almost 60,000 seniors for #COVID19sa vaccines but will begin door-to-door registration campaigns this week, says MEC. #VaccineRolloutSA sacoronavirus.co.za/evds/

Health Dept's Anban Pillay: "An individual registered on EVDS will be invited for #COVID19sa vaccination via SMS to a particular facility. The said facility will have details of the person due to be vaccinated there. One should only go the facility on the SMS not any facility."

Western Cape: Province has trained more than 3,000 out of 5,000+ volunteer vaccinators. More than 200,000 seniors have registered for #COVID19sa jabs. WC will be releasing its own #VaccineRolloutSA dashboard.

If you know of someone over the age of 60 who may need help registering for a #COVID19sa vaccine, remember that you can register for them provided you have their cell phone number & ID via this link #VaccineRolloutSA sacoronavirus.co.za/evds/

Religious leaders, incl Archbishop Desmond Tutu, expected to be vaccinated in Western Cape as the province hopes to capitalise on what Health MEC Nomafrench Mbombo has called "vaccine envy" to encourage more 60+ senior citizens to line up for #COVID19sa jabs. #VaccineRolloutSA

South Africa hopes to finish vaccinating its remaining healthcare workers by end of the week, Mkhize says: "By end June, we expect to have received 4,5 million doses of Pfizer & 2m doses of J&J. The JnJ vaccine is still awaiting release from @US_FDA" #COVID19 #VaccineRolloutSA

There's more than one way to register for a #COVID9sa vaccine in South Africa: #VaccineRolloutSA
1. online at vaccine.enroll.gov.za
2. using the whatsapp line 0600 123456
3. by sms- dial *134*832#
4. call the COVID-19 hotline [phone]

.@HealthZA 's Nicholas Crisp: "The first set of smses were sent out this evening for tomorrow as the Minister announced. Every day, smses will be sent as the capacity of sites & vaccine distro are matched. Advance warning will also increase." #VaccineRolloutSA #COVID19sa