[Thread] 1. LATEST details re the teacher/school staff #VaccineRollOutSA.
1. Which jab will be used? #JNJ 2. How many doses are needed? 1 per person 3. When will it start? Wed, 23 Jun 4. When will it end? Thurs, 8 Jul 5. How many school staff need to get vaccinated? 582 564
2. Who qualifies?
1. EVERYONE at gov schools
- 395 682 teachers
- 104 111 support staff
- 42 671 teachers/early childhood development staff
2. EDUCATORS working at (legally registered) private schools
- 42 671 teachers, but no support staff
3. Education dpt office staff
3. Who else at government schools can get vaccinated?
1. Staff who transport children to and from schools 2. School feeding scheme staff 3. Staff who do remote learning programmes 4. Teacher union, security, cleaning staff
4. Which school staff can't get vaccinated?
1. Those who had #COVID in the past 30 days 2. Those how have already received a #JnJ jab (under #Sisonke) or one #Pfizer jab 3. Those who had received a flu jab in the past 14 days
5. How do you register? 1. If you work at a gov school + are on their payroll, your details will already be on the #EVDS 2. Lists of private school + SGB appointed teachers will be submitted to the edu dpt. The lists will be uploaded onto the EVDS. 3. You can't register on-site
6. What do you need to take with you to a site? 1. ID 2. Medical aid card (if you belong to one) 3. A letter or list with your name, signed by the school principal, that confirms you're a staff member (in case the EVDS is offline because of load shedding)
7. How many jabs have we got for schools?
1. 300 000 arrived on Thursday, but 582 000+ people need to get vaccinated 2. More doses will arrive next week. 280 000+ of those doses will be given to the education vaccination programme
When will the jabs expire? 1. 8 August
8. Where will school staff get vaccinated?
1. 281 special sites will be set up 2. Public schools will be scheduled first 2. School staff without their own transport, have to be assisted by their schools (not the education dpt)
3 Uber has offered 100 000 free rides to sites
• • •
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to
force a refresh
🧵1. BREAKING: The peer-reviewed results of the study of a 6-monthly jab, #lenacapavir, in which not a single of the 2134 women between 16-25 years who received the jab contracted #HIV, were released at #Aids2024.
2. Women often find it hard to adhere to daily #oralPrEP. In the Purpose 1 trial, 91.5% of women returned on time for their next #lenacapavir jab at 26 weeks and 92.8% at week 52.
3. Only 4 women out of 2134 (0.2%) who received #lenacapavir dropped out of the trial because of injection-site reactions.
[Thread] 12 things to know about the the proportion of pregnant women infected with #HIV from SA’s latest antenatal HIV survey. The survey is conducted by the @nicd_sa.
(Analysis of our 95-95-95 goals in my next thread later in Jan).
1/12
2. What is the antenatal #HIV survey?
1. It measures the % of HIV+ pregnant women between the ages of 15 + 49. 2. Only women using state pregnancy clinics take part. 3. The survey has been conducted each year between 1990-2015, then in 2017, 2019 +2022.
3. How many pregnant women between 15-49’s blood was tested for #HIV? 37 828 out of 40 542 collected samples.
- 37 7171 = Black African women
- 37 541 didn’t live with the dad of their child
- 35,635 of dads were 5 years+ older than moms (this makes them more likely to get HIV)
JUST IN [Thread]:
1.@healthza's Lesley Broomberg:
An extra #COVID19 booster jab for people of 18+ in SA will become available towards the end of JANUARY
- People of 50+ qualify for a 5th dose
- People of 18+ qualify for a 4th dose
2. Lesley Broomberg: Can you mix and match with additional boosters? Yes. You can choose whether you want a #JnJ or #Pfizer booster.
3. Lesley Broomberg:
Will teens of 12-17 qualify for boosters? Not at this stage. Why not? The #VMAC = not recommended booster doses for 12-17, based on an understanding that the protection provided by 2 #Pfizer doses = adequate, as 12-17 = @ low risk of severe #COVID19 illness
[Thread] #JoePhaahla:
- Genomic surveillance Network reported the detection of the new subvariant XBB.1.5 in SA of a sample of a patient tested on 22 Dec
- Details of the patient = not known, it was a random sample taken for testing
- XBB.1.5 = also common in US
2. XBB.1.5 = common in US
#JoePhaahla:
- 97%+ of #COVID19 cases worldwide = still #Omicron
- XBB.1.5 cases = no major change in hospitalisations or deaths
- Immunity of SAs (vax and natural immunity) = still strong, so that is why we haven't seen much change in terms of hospital admissions/deaths
Which APIs will Aspen use?
India's Serum Institute's
2. Why is it NB that an African company makes these jabs?
#Africa imports almost all its jabs. #COVID19 showed us this results in Africa being last in line to get vaccines during pandemics. The grant to Aspen is 1 of the 1st steps to change that.
3. What's the goal?
By 2040, the African Union wants #Africa to make 60% of the jabs the continent uses.
Why?
So that Africa is better equipped 2 respond 2 outbreaks (by developing the ability to make jabs + have technology in place to also make new jabs during pandemics).
🧵1. BREAKING: @SAHPRA1 has confirmed the registration of the #HIV prevention jab, #CABLA in South Africa. On Thursday, #ViiVHealthcare issued their statement.
2. Who can use the jab? @SAHPRA1 didn't specify restrictions for use in their statement, only that it is "a highly effective option for people at substantial risk of #HIV infection."
3. How does the jab work? It uses an #ARV called cabotegravir that prevents #HIV from replicating and entering someone’s cells. It’s taken every two months. Read my latest story for more. bit.ly/3ER7ejq