An announcement from the department of health, about the vaccine, sent sh0ckwaves on social media

The vaccination program started earlier last year, and at the beginning of the vaccination rollout South Africans went out in numbers, many of the elderly people have gone out at beginning of vaccine rollout to get the job.

The aim of the Covid-19 vaccines is to fight the novel Corona Virus, which has been a huge threat to our lives for more than 2 years now. Covid-19 has taken a lot in the two years that it has existed, it has taken jobs, businesses and most importantly it has taken many lives.

Right now almost every country is in

the process of rolling out the vaccine, and so is South Africa. The rollout is still underway and it is not going as planned, people who have been fully vaccinated are way below the country’s target.

The people between the ages of 18 and 35 years are the most hesitant group, many have not yet been vaccinated. There are many others who don’t plan on getting vaccinated at all.

Report

The department of health has made an announcement, appealing to people who have not yet vaccinated, A grocery voucher is being offered to people who will get vaccinated for the first time in January 2022.

The offer is said to be valid until the end of February 2022.

Many people were shocked to see this, the comments section was flooded with questions like:

“What’s in these vaccines?”

Some think the department of health is desperate, and some think that this is a bribe.

The country has recorded 3 197 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Covid-19 cases to 3 585 888. In the past day, 23 people have succumbed to the virus, making the total number of deaths 94 379.

There are 73 368 active cases currently in the country, and a positivity rate of 8.8%.

Opinion

The department is doing everything to convince people to get vaccinated, but will this get people’s attention?.

Source: mobile.twitter.com/AdvoBarryRoux/status/1485622431557591040

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