(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) South Africa launches weekend vaccination plan to accelerate vaccination progress
China News Agency, Johannesburg, October 2 (Reporter Wang Xi) South African President Ramaphosa personally visited the East Rand region of Johannesburg on the 1st and announced the official launch of the South African weekend vaccination program.
Recently, South Africa sent a train carrying the new crown vaccine to one of its poorest provinces to deliver vaccines to areas with tight medical facilities. The vaccine train, called Transvaco, travels for three months in the Eastern Cape and stops at each of seven stations for two weeks to vaccinate people.
According to data released by the South African government on September 30, the South African government has so far vaccinated more than 17 million people with one or two doses of the new crown pneumonia vaccine. As the South African government plans to complete the goal of vaccinating 70% of the adult population for the new crown pneumonia vaccine by the end of this year, the South African government is now beginning to speed up the vaccination schedule.
Ramaphosa pointed out that due to the advent of national elections and Christmas and other holidays, South Africa is still facing a higher risk of a recurrence of the epidemic. The epidemic rebounded on a large scale. According to Ramaphosa, the South African government will open more vaccination points during the weekend to help people who are unable to get vaccinated due to work to complete the vaccination.
A few days ago, South Africa has steadily passed the third wave of the peak of the new crown pneumonia epidemic. The South African government announced that it will lower the level of the “blockade order” against the epidemic to the lowest level. In this regard, Ramaphosa pointed out that the above-mentioned decision of the South African government was made based on the findings and recommendations of South African health experts, without any political purpose, let alone “pleasing individual politicians” before the general election.
In addition, Ramaphosa also promised that the South African government will soon launch a “vaccination passport” to provide vaccinators with a safe and verifiable vaccination certificate in order to relax international travel restrictions and resume normal social activities.
As of press time, the total number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in South Africa has reached 2,904,307, and 87,705 deaths, with a positive rate of 4.4%. (over)
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