President urges citizens to get Covid-19 booster shots

PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa has encouraged South Africans to go out in their numbers and get their booster Covid-19 shots as the country has not yet defeated the pandemic.

He said the Covid-19 virus is still with us and therefore everyone should get vaccinated as well have their booster shots.

“If you have already been vaccinated go and get your booster shot. I want to encourage all of us to vaccinate and ensure that we are all vaccinated. Other nations are imposing further lockdowns because there has suddenly been a flare up. We are not yet out of the woods, Covid-19 is still here, therefore it is important that we should be protected through vaccination,” Ramaphosa said.

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Meanwhile, he said the National Coronavirus Command Council was considering extending the National State of Disaster beyond 15 March 2022.

The president said while he wanted the National State of Disaster to come to an end, government is still looking at what health measures can be put in place to enable government to continue managing the pandemic.

“We are finding the best way possible of bringing a logical conclusion to the state of disaster,” the President said.

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