Health minister Dr Joe Phaahla says the more people vaccinate, the sooner the government could drop some Covid-19 restrictions.
Phaahla said the government was facing a challenge when it came to attracting more people to get a jab.
“If we are able to reach that 70% of coverage of all adults and of people between 12 and 17 who are also eligible, there would be fewer variants because fewer people would be transmitting the virus,” said Phaahla. “At the moment while we are just approaching 50% of at least one dose for all adults, we still have more than 20-million doses of both the Johnson & Johnson and the Pfizer vaccine combined.
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