Once the certificate is available it will be so for “anyone who has been fully vaccinated, as long as their details appear in the EVDS [Electronic Vaccination Data System'],' he explained.
On Friday morning, health minister Dr Joe Phaahla said, “We have commenced with the development of the digital vaccination certificate which will be protected from fraud.”“This is in line with the World Health Organisation’s initiative to attempt to standardise vaccination proof all over the world,” he said, “and in a matter of a week this should be available to those who are vaccinated in South Africa.
He said the department is also “aiming to integrate voter registration with the vaccination campaign” and that it was strongly advised for all voters and candidates to be vaccinated to “ensure that we have safe government elections on November 1”. On the current third wave of Covid-19 in the country, he said, “We are steadily getting out of the grip of this third wave” but that this didn’t mean people should drop their guard.
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