EVDS = Eventually Very Delayed Shots
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As of Tuesday, South Africa had vaccinated over one million people under the Sisonke drive and the Pfizer vaccine rollout. But over 60’s are still waiting weeks for their sms after registering on the electronic vaccination database system (EVDS) and there are reports of people just walking into sites and getting the jab abound. This as the country’s J&J rollout has been delayed due to possible contamination with AstraZeneca ingredients feedstock in Baltimore. So what is going on and being done to ramp the country’s daily vaccination rate above the 100,000 vaccinations per day needed to vaccinate the over 60 population by the end of June?
Michael Avery spoke to Dr Nicholas Crisp, deputy director-general (DG) in the national Department of Health (DOH) – who is also in charge of the EVDS
Stavros Nicolaou, who heads the Business for SA (B4SA) health working group,
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Professor Alex van den Heever, chair in the field of Social Security Systems Administration and Management Studies at the Wit's School of Governance.
Michael Avery spoke to Dr Nicholas Crisp, deputy director-general (DG) in the national Department of Health (DOH) – who is also in charge of the EVDS
Stavros Nicolaou, who heads the Business for SA (B4SA) health working group,
and
Professor Alex van den Heever, chair in the field of Social Security Systems Administration and Management Studies at the Wit's School of Governance.
