The Department of Health still encourages people to get vaccinated to prevent the spread of the deadly Covid-19 virus.
On Wednesday, September 1, the Department of Health visited the local taxi rank in the Central Business District (CBD) to vaccinate people under the Big Bang Vaccination roll-out campaign.
People came in enormous numbers to get their jab; hence over 300 people were vaccinated. The Primary Health Care manager for Emalahleni Sub-District (PHCMESD), Mr Oupa Mvula told WITBANK NEWS that the Big Bang Campaign aims to provide access for Covid-19 vaccination for people who can’t reach the clinics or hospitals.
“We know that people are working and are using taxis to commute around, we deemed it necessary to increase access to vaccination by going where the people are available so that they can get vaccinated and by so doing, we are also trying to avoid long queues at the hospitals and clinics. Therefore we are rolling out vaccination stations, targeting our local taxi ranks, malls, and churches to reach the greater community of Emalahleni,” said Mr Mvula.
Even though many people were excited to get the vaccination jab, some were still not comfortable.
“I don’t see myself taking the jab anytime soon, and this is because of the things we hear on the street. You would randomly hear people saying someone died after taking the vaccine or someone was rushed to the hospital immediately after taking the vaccine, so I’m not ready to be vaccinated, and I’m not saying that it is wrong to be vaccinated, I also want to stop the spread of Covid-19 and I don’t think I will be ready anytime soon,” said Edward Mahamba.
Mr Mvula said the Department of Health is going to plot more vaccination stations for people to be able to access the vaccine freely and easily so that more people can be encouraged to get vaccinated.
More vaccination stations are expected to be plotted in the surrounding areas of Emalahleni, especially in places where people gather in large numbers.
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