Watch: Tambo nurses happy to receive Covid-19 jabs

A group of frontline healthcare workers consisting of doctors, clerks, nurses and porters from the Tambo Memorial Hospital have received their Johnson and Johnson vaccine jabs.

The frontliners were vaccinated at the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital on March 4 and 5.

Hundreds of healthcare workers from various hospitals, including South Rand, Bertha Gxowa, Rahima Moosa WC, Edenvale, Pholosong and Far East Rand hospitals, flooded Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic to get vaccinated.

The Advertiser spoke to some of the nurses from Tambo Memorial Hospital immediately after getting their jab.

“The vaccine felt good. I experienced no pain,” said Dr Maggy Munanga, of Tambo Memorial Hospital.

Sr Lindiwe Mgwevu said she was happy to receive the jab as it will protect her from the coronavirus. “The vaccination process is not painful. I still feel fine,” she said.

Mgwevu said that she arrived at the vaccination site at around 9.30am and waited until the afternoon.

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Sr Motshidisi Khumalo also stated that she experienced no side effects from the single-dose vaccine.

Process
They had to register their details on the Department of Health’s website and then wait for a confirmation SMS.

During the vaccination process at the site, healthcare workers had to queue in the waiting area then they were moved to the registration area where vaccinators took down their details, including their voucher numbers.

Once they were done with registration they were then taken to the assembly hall where they were given one-shot vaccines. Before leaving the assembly hall they had to wait for about 10 minutes to be observed before being allowed to leave the hall.

Phase One
The country’s vaccination rollout is still in phase one where health workers across the country will until next month be inoculated with the Johnson and Johnson vaccine.

Meanwhile, over 19 000 healthcare workers across the country have been vaccinated as part of the country’s Covid-19 vaccine roll-out.

Health workers who would like to be vaccinated are urged to register by using the following link: https://vaccine.enroll.health.gov.za

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