Protea South Vaccine drive a success

Community members eagerly waiting to either get their first jab or second under umbrellas due to the severe heat.

More than 850 people were vaccinated by the Department of Health on 13 and 14 November at the Protea South sports grounds where a mobile unit was setup. 

Residents made their way to the site to receive their jab. Some residents were receiving their first jab while others came in for their second jab. The age category for this past weekend was from the age of 12 and upwards. 

 

The vaccines that were available for the two days was Pfizer and Johnson and Johnson.

 

Speaking to Seitatole Millicent (Nokuthula) Dlamini of Protea South, who works at Community Organising Workers Group (COWG) and University of Johannesburg said: “The challenge the people had was that they did not have transport to reach a vaccination centre from Protea South. We spoke to the Department of Health (DOH) who agreed to bring the vaccination to Protea South. There is a demand in Protea South that we are currently in talk with DOH to have the mobile unit here daily for people to get vaccinated.” 

 

She explained further that people need to get vaccinated as we are approaching December holidays and many people will want to go home and they will not be able to go through the borders unless they vaccinated. She also said that many residents in the area do not have their proper documentations, however Dlamini and her team are working on making sure they are vaccinated.

 

The vaccinated residents who spoke to the media walked out excited and relieved they were vaccinated and thanked DOH for coming out to Protea South for their community.