As President Cyril Ramaphosa moved SA to lockdown level 1 from Friday, he announced that the health department was gearing up to issue mandatory vaccination certificates for travel and access to gatherings.
As many as 20,000 lives could be saved if the majority of the country's adult population received their Covid-19 vaccines, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday as he pleaded for all citizens to do their bit.
“We have set ourselves the target of vaccinating 70% of the adult population in SA by the end of the year. If we reach this target, the department of health estimates that we could save up to 20,000 lives. That represents 20,000 people — mothers, fathers, sons and daughters — whose deaths can be prevented if the majority of us chooses to get vaccinated,” he said.
“Vaccination is our best defence. If we can reach vaccination targets by the end of this year, we can avoid further restrictions and move our economy recovery into high gear,” he said. “However, we should remember that even if we are vaccinated, we need to adhere to the basic precautions to limit the spread of the virus from one person to another,” he said.
“Streamlining and standardising proof of vaccination will also go a long way towards getting a number of international travel restrictions both from and into our country eased,” he said.
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