SOUTH Africa is set to begin with Phase 2 of its biggest vaccination programme thus far on Monday, Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize confirmed.
This comes as the country emerges from a tumultuous year of 2020, which resulted in 1.6 million positive COVID-19 cases and 54,968 people losing their lives.
The phase two vaccination programme is being launched amid calls for action to address chaotic scenes at vaccination centres in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal by the portfolio committee on health in Parliament.
This was after hundreds of people including healthcare workers flocked to the vaccination sites in the last few days ahead of the rollout of Phase 2 of the vaccination programme on Monday.
Chairperson of the health committee Dr Sibongiseni Dhlomo said action was required to prevent these scenes from unfolding.
“The chaotic scenes witnessed are unfortunate and require urgent remedial action, especially in the context of the impending roll-out
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