IANS | 13 Jan, 2021
The National Education, Health and Allied Workers' Union (NEHAWU) has
called for the training of health workers to prepare for the roll-out of
the Covid-19 vaccination.
NEHAWU said on Tuesday they noted the
measures announced by the government and effort to secure vaccines but
want more to be done to prepare for that, Xinhua news agency reported.
"We
have not seen operation elements which include the vaccination training
program for clinicians, education program for healthcare workers about
the vaccine, logistical roll-out and vaccination sites for the aged and
emergency reporting for adverse event following immunization," said
NEHAWU General Secretary Zola Saphetha.
He called on the government to counter fake news peddled on social media which would "make people hesitant to be vaccinated."
President
Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday night that South Africans will likely
reach herd immunity once around 67 per cent of the population are
immune, which amounts to around 40 million people.
He said the
government has put in place a comprehensive vaccination strategy to
reach all parts of the country which "will be the largest and most
complex logistical undertaking in our country's history".
