KwaZulu-Natal Premier Sihle Zikalala has urged healthcare workers in the province to take advantage of the vaccination programme. Zikalala held a COVID-19 media briefing in Pietermaritzburg ahead of his State of Province Address on Friday.
He says a total of 15 829 healthcare workers in the province’s public sector have been infected with the virus since the beginning of the pandemic.
“A call for healthcare workers to come forward and get vaccinated is an important one given the rising COVID-19 stats in so far as these important soldiers are concerned. The majority of these infected healthcare workers were nurses at 55% and of the total infected, 335 have sadly succumbed to the disease. We remain committed to ensuring that every category of the healthcare worker in the private and public sector will be vaccinated.
Premier of KZN Sihle Zikalala briefs the media on #Covid19 in the province. This is ahead of the State of the Province Address, which he will deliver on 26 February 2021 #sabcnews @sziks @kzngov pic.twitter.com/jkwAT8Q23t
— Taliesha Naidoo (@Taliesha_Naidoo) February 21, 2021
Zikalala says he is satisfied with the rollout of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine for healthcare workers in the province. Zikalala says since the vaccine rollout, 1 279 healthcare workers in the province have been vaccinated with no complications reported. Zikalala is calling on citizens to act responsibly as the country approaches a possible third wave. KZN has the second-highest number of coronavirus infections in the country.
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