Thread by @miamalan

[Thread]. 1. Where are we at with #VaccineRolloutSA?
* People who had received 1 #CovidVaccine dose by 7 Jun = 1, 524, 589
* Of those, only 31% (479 768), have been fully vaccinated (they got a #JnJ jab via #Sisonke)
* The rest (1, 043 278) have received the 1st of 2 #Pfizer jabs

2. Here’s a summary of our #VaccineRolloutSA figures so far:
* Total doses = 1, 524, 589
* Total #Pfizer 1st doses = 1, 043 278
* Nr of #Pfizer doses given on Mo, 7 Jun = 82 641 (this is the highest nr of daily doses so far)

3. Where do the 1, 524, 589 doses SA had given by 7 Jun place us in #Africa? @mediahackza tracks 51 countries, SA is 4th:
1. Algeria: 2, 500, 000
2. Nigeria: 2, 225, 765
3. Ethiopia: 1, 856, 968
4. SA: 1, 524, 589

Here's more: bit.ly/3x7h6jp

4. Does the fact that SA has done the 4th most vaccinations in Africa mean we’re moving fast enough?

NO.

We’re behind. Nicholas Crisp from @healthza told eNCA at our current tempo we’ll have 52% of 60+ vaccinated by the end of Jun (goal = 90%).

bit.ly/3xdO6q

5. Why aren’t we on target with our #vaccination goals? The main reason is we don’t have enough jabs. Why not? Mainly, because we haven’t been able to use our #JnJ jabs — we’re waiting for the FDA to let us know if they’re safe to use (so if they’ve been contaminated).

6. How many #CovidVaccines (doses) have we got? 2, 574, 000 from #Pfizer. How many have we used? By Mo, we had used 1, 043 278, so we had 1,530, 722 doses left. The next two batches which are lined up:
1. 14 June: 636 480
2. 21 June: 1, 274, 130

7. If we have 1, 530, 722 #Pfizer doses left + more are coming, why don’t we just vaccinate faster? We run the risk of running out of 1 batch before another arrives. We'd then have to stop + start. Currently we can't do more than 75 000 - 80 000 per day. bit.ly/3xdO6q

8. We also have to first send samples from each batch to the National Control lab to get quality tested. So all the doses we have, can't be distributed at the same time. A batch take between 3 and 7 days to get tested (depending on its size).

9. When will we hear about our #JnJ jabs? We don’t know, but the FDA gave an indication that they will tell us this week. Why do we need to wait for them? Our regulator @SAHPRA1 explains it in this press release. bit.ly/2TNc6SB

10. Will we be able to speed up our #vaccinations if we get our #JnJ jabs? Yes, but to what extent, depends on how many batches we can use, once the FDA has announced which ones are safe. If it's all our batches, @healthza says we can do 2X the nr of vaccinations.

11. What now? We wait to hear about #JnJ + we use our #Pfizer jabs. If we can release our #JnJ jabs, they’re ready for distribution (they’ve been quality checked already, according to Aspen). They’ll be flown to OR Tambo 1st, according to #Mkhize,+ distributed from there.

12. What else can we do? See where to procure more jabs from, also from other brands, but we can only procure jabs that we know work against the Beta variant in SA. Other than that: wear your mask, social distance, wash your hands, don't hang out indoors in large groups.

Sorry, I missed Morocco, so we're 5th: Morocco has done 15, 380, 193 vaccinations. Thanks for pointing this out, @MoshabelaMosa!