Thread by @miamalan

[Thread] 1. EVDS Q and A with responses from @healthza’s Nicholas Crisp.

Can you make special arrangements to get vaccinated if you need to travel internationally? No. @healthza is working on a process, but it won’t be implemented soon. Why? "It will open a floodgate."

2. How does whether you have a medical aid or not influence where you'll have your jab? If you have a medical aid, the #EVDS will prioritise you for a private site, if you don't have a medical aid, it will prioritise you for a public site.

3. Why does the #EVDS assign public sites to people without medical aid? 1. The admin is easier (no payment has to be processed). 2. It's cheaper (the gov sites get jabs, syringes, etc in large quantities because they're bigger, so the cost/vaccination works out cheaper).

4. What happens if you're on medical aid and there's no opening at a nearby private site? The #EVDS will assign you a public site. Your medical aid will have to pay the government for the cost of your vaccination.

5. What happens if you don't have a medical aid and there's no opening at a nearby public site? The #EVDS will assign you a private site. The private site will have to claim the cost of your vaccination from the government.

6. How much will the gov pay private sites for public patient vaccinations? For booked appointments, the gov will cover the full cost. For public patient walk-ins at private sites: such walk-ins can only constitute 5% of the total capacity of a site, the rest won't be reimbursed.

7. What system will the government use to pay private sites for public patient vaccinations? The invoicing system hasn't yet been finalised. @healthza met about it on Thursday afternoon, but no details have been announced.

8. How long after your 1st #Pfizer shot should you get the 2nd one? 42 days. What happens if you go earlier? When the vaccinator enters your details into the system, the #EVDS will tell them you can't get vaccinated yet and you'll get sent home.

9. What happens if you got a paper #vaccination appointment card with a 2nd appointment 21 days after the 1st? Ignore it. The #EVDS hasn't yet send out any sms's for 2nd shots. It will book your 2nd shot for 42 days after the 1st one (regardless of what your paper card says).

10. Are walk-ins allowed or not? @healthza is discouraging walk-ins, so the booking system can kick in properly. But at some sites, where there are more jabs than patients, there might be space for walk-ins. So short answer = yes at some sites, no at others, depending on supply.

11. What do you do if you haven't received an appointment sms? You basically wait or re-register. It all depends on: 1. Where you live and how many sites + jabs there are in that area 2. When you registered (in this order). This story explains it well. bit.ly/3oWQWNo