THE Portfolio Committee on Health has called on the Department of Health to ensure that it puts contingency measures in place to prevent instability in its vaccine roll-out plan following the suspension of several senior officials involved in the Digital Vibes scandal.
This follows the release of the Special Investigation Unit’s (SIU) scathing report on the breach of procurement procedures and National Treasury’s note regarding the awarding of the Department of Health’s Covid-19 communication contract to Digital Vibes which amounted to an inflated R150 million.
The Portfolio Committee invited the department to present a detailed report on the genesis of these transgressions, the department’s plan of action, timelines and the consequence management processes to ensure that the credibility of the department and its vaccination roll-out is not affected by the suspension of its director general and some of the senior personnel implicated in the SIU report.
According to the Acting
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