Launch of teacher vaccination programme hailed a success
The Department of Education declared the first day of the teacher vaccination programme on Wednesday a success, with 48 000 jabs being administered.
"This figure excludes the Western Cape and Limpopo, which will start administering the vaccines in earnest on Thursday and Friday, respectively," the department said.
Only 30 teachers were vaccinated in the Western Cape for launch purposes.
"Limpopo didn't vaccinate today in line with their plan," the department added, without explaining.
They will be vaccinated on Friday and Saturday, and next Friday and Saturday.
According to preliminary figures, most of the vaccinations took place in KwaZulu-Natal, and the least in the Northern Cape.
Mobile units will be sent to small towns in the Northern Cape to kickstart the programme in that province.
However, Parent24 reported that Early Childhood Development teachers were excluded from the programme, which was allocated 300 000 Johnson & Johnson doses for teachers.
Fake WhatsApp messages claiming the vaccines would run out caused a rush in the Eastern Cape, North West and Free State.
The department urged teachers to stick to their scheduled vaccination times.
The vaccinations are for teachers of any age group, and are voluntary.
Meanwhile, acting Health Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane said 100 000 people were vaccinated in one day for the first time on Wednesday.
"Just in a day," she told eNCA on Wednesday night.
This was higher than Monday's total vaccinations of 76 023.
As of midnight on Tuesday, 2 312 873 vaccinations have been administered.
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