{"id":500885,"date":"2021-06-24T12:40:49","date_gmt":"2021-06-24T10:40:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=500885"},"modified":"2021-06-24T12:43:30","modified_gmt":"2021-06-24T10:43:30","slug":"south-africa-to-open-up-vaccines-to-people-under-60-premier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/lifestyle\/500885\/south-africa-to-open-up-vaccines-to-people-under-60-premier\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa to open up vaccines to people under 60: premier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gauteng premier David Makhura says that government will begin opening up Covid-19 vaccine registrations to people under 60.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in a provincial budgetary address, Makhura said that from next week the government will start with the registration and vaccination of 50-59-year-olds.<\/p>\n<p>This registration process will then be opened up to people in their forties, he said. Makhura also confirmed that vaccinations will be opened to law enforcement officials from 1 July.<\/p>\n<p>South Africa has previously only allowed healthcare workers and people over the age of 60 to register for vaccinations. The government began its plan to vaccinate nearly half a million education staff this week.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Next week we are also starting with registration and vaccination of the 50-59 year olds, to be followed by those in their 40\u2019s &#8211; Premier <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/David_Makhura?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@David_Makhura<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OOPBudgetVote?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#OOPBudgetVote<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 GautengGov (@GautengProvince) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GautengProvince\/status\/1408000402902114306?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 24, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/npWPOA3m1hE\" width=\"640\" height=\"430\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Western Cape premier Alan Winde has said that the opening up of vaccines to other age groups is vital to ensure that the country&#8217;s vaccine efforts do not stall.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no reason why this shouldn\u2019t happen already, while vaccinations of those over 60 continue,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am worried we are leaving registration to the last minute, and we should rather be getting as many people registered now so that we can have a seamless change to the next phase \u2013 without any delays.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Winde said he will continue to make these arguments in his engagement with the national government. \u201cWe must ensure we are ready for the next phase as soon as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the meantime, I urge all residents over the age of 60 to please register for their vaccine. We have now exceeded 50% of all eligible residents in this age group, but we need to get close to 70% if we are to get herd immunity in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/lifestyle\/500863\/this-tool-shows-the-most-vulnerable-covid-19-hotspots-in-south-africa-right-now\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">This tool shows the most vulnerable Covid-19 hotspots in South Africa right now<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gauteng premier David Makhura says that government will begin opening up Covid-19 vaccine registrations to people under 60.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":458610,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9876],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-500885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=500885"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500885\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":500919,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500885\/revisions\/500919"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/458610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=500885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=500885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=500885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}