Almost two-thirds of healthcare workers in the Sisonke trial — the world’s biggest — have not taken up Covid-19 booster jabs.
Uptake has been poorest in SA’s rural provinces, which has those monitoring the study worried. Glenda Gray, president of the SA Medical Research Council , urged hospital CEOs and provincial health MECs in seven of SA’s nine provinces to ensure that those involved in the implementation study take boosters.
It is expected the second phase of the trial will offer “critical data” on the interaction between Omicron and those with and without a J&J booster shot.It is possible the second leg of the trial, set to end on December 17, will be extended if booster shot uptake is inadequate. According to Crisp, SAMRC research on the trial’s latest phase would inform the government’s stance on booster shots. “We will consider from those results whether to roll out into other parts of the population,” he said.
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