SAPS vaccination programme gains momentum
The SAPS reiterated that while vaccination is voluntary, it will continue to encourage all members to get vaccinated in a bid to operate optimally in serving and protecting the people of South Africa.
TWO days after launching the Covid-19 vaccinations for its members, the South African Police Service (SAPS) Vaccination Programme is gaining momentum.
This comes after just over 1 000 more SAPS personnel received their jabs on Tuesday.
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The provincial rollouts will commence on Thursday in eight provinces including KZN. Gauteng will begin administering jabs on Friday.
The SAPS reiterated that while vaccination is voluntary, it will continue to encourage all members to get vaccinated in a bid to operate optimally in serving and protecting the people of South Africa.
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“Vaccinating our members does not mean we should stop adhering to the non-pharmaceutical health and safety protocols. The service will continue to ensure that all health and safety protocols at all service points remain in place and are adhered to by members,” national police spokesperson Brigadier, Vish Naidoo said.
The SAPS said there is an exclusion criteria for vaccination, this means that there are those who will not qualify to be vaccinated.
Among the excluded were those who had contracted Covid-19 in the last 30 days, any person who had received a flu vaccine within 14 days, and any member who had been vaccinated prior to the SAPS vaccination rollout programme commencing.
The police will continue to monitor preparations in place for the nationwide rollout at all 108 registered sites.
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