The Health Department has approved a second dose of the Pfizer vaccination for the 12-17 age group.
Minister in the Presidency Mondli Gungubele said the cabinet is urging people to get vaccinated, saying this would prevent serious illness, hospitalisation and death from COVID-19, and would also offer protection against future variants.
“Our COVID-19 infections recorded in the last 24 hours stands at 19,842, which translates into a 26.8% positivity rate. We have also lost 36 people to COVID-19 related complications in the last 24 hours,” the minister said.
According to Gungubele, a total of 26,781,642 vaccine doses had been administered to date.
Meanwhile, Cabinet has urged people aged 12 and older to get their jabs and to observe COVID protocols and avoid super-spreader events like parties, as statistics showed that the majority of those admitted to hospital were not vaccinated.
