Ramaphosa kicks off vaccine rollout at Khayelitsha"This day represents a real milestone for us as South Africans that finally the vaccines are here and they are being administered. I was rather pleased that there were five people who were vaccinated before me and they are health workers," said President Cyril Ramaphosa who was among the first to get the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine, together with health minister Zweli Mkhize and healthcare workers in Khayelitsha in the Western Cape, yesterday.
Before the president's arrival, Mkhize witnessed the first healthcare workers receiving the vaccine. The first health worker to be vaccinated was Zoliswa Gidi-Dyosi.
I would like to invite South Africans to take this up (get vaccinated), so that we can all be safe, so that we all can be healthy.” GautengIn Gauteng, health MEC, Dr Nomathemba Mokgethi, being the first healthcare worker to receive the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine at the Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto. She was accompanied by Gauteng premier David Makhura.
“Preventing corruption is something that we must ensure. We must put in place measures [to prevent it]. The vaccines must get to the relevant people and that is why the system is so tight. Everybody that is going to get the vaccine must register." |