{"id":196614,"date":"2021-07-29T21:25:02","date_gmt":"2021-07-29T19:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/press\/coronavirus-south-africa-president-cyril-ramaphosa-visits-vaccination-sites-in-gauteng-29-jul?lang=en"},"modified":"2021-07-29T21:25:02","modified_gmt":"2021-07-29T19:25:02","slug":"coronavirus-south-africa-president-cyril-ramaphosa-visits-vaccination-sites-in-gauteng-29-jul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/coronavirus-south-africa-president-cyril-ramaphosa-visits-vaccination-sites-in-gauteng-29-jul\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus &#8211; South Africa: President Cyril Ramaphosa visits vaccination sites in Gauteng, 29 Jul"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/large\/912c4d03d14212b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/large\/912c4d03d14212b\" alt=\"South African Government\" style=\"max-width:500px\" \/><\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/download\/912c4d03d14212b\">Download logo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>President Cyril Ramaphosa will today, Thursday, 29 July 2021, visit two Gauteng vaccination sites to assess progress in South Africa&rsquo;s vaccination programme.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The President&rsquo;s visit will serve to motivate greater numbers of South Africans to embrace vaccination as the most effective weapon in the fight against COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19 vaccines are a safe and effective defence against serious illness, hospitalisation and death.<\/p>\n<p>The President will visit a public health facility in Tembisa and a private-public partnership centre in Midrand in recognition of the close collaboration between government, the private sector and active support of social partners.<\/p>\n<p>This partnership has enabled South Africa&rsquo;s vaccination programme to gather pace.<\/p>\n<p>Under this programme the number of vaccinated people now exceeds 7 million with around a million people being vaccinated every week.<\/p>\n<p>More than 1 500 volunteers comprising doctors, nurses and health workers have been brought on board to help with vaccination on weekends on various sites across all nine provinces.<\/p>\n<p>Doing away with sectoral prioritisation and moving to the age-based approach has proven more effective in reaching a wider spectrum of South Africans.<\/p>\n<p><i>Distributed by APO Group on behalf of South African Government.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/\">Source: Africa Newsroom &#8211; APO<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Download logo President Cyril Ramaphosa will today, Thursday, 29 July 2021, visit two Gauteng vaccination sites to assess progress in South Africa&rsquo;s vaccination programme. The President&rsquo;s visit will serve to motivate greater numbers of South Africans to embrace vaccination as the most effective weapon in the fight against COVID-19. 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