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Africa-Press<\/a> – South-Africa<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>While South Africa\u2019s Covid-19 vaccination drive is beginning to kick into gear, the third wave has taken hold of a number of provinces.<\/p>\n

The department of health revealed on Tuesday evening that over a million senior citizens above the age of 60 received the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine under phase two of the national rollout.<\/p>\n

KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng are leading the charge with the most number of vaccines administered. Over 282 000 people have received the vaccine in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng follows with over 265 000 people vaccinated.<\/p>\n

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize told reporters while visiting hospitals in the Northern Cape on Tuesday that four provinces are currently grappling with their third waves.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Northern Cape is in its third wave and it has been like that for a few weeks. We’re in the third wave in the Free State, Northern Cape, Northwest and Gauteng, but the country as a whole is not yet in a third wave.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur models have shown that Gauteng will have much higher numbers than the rest of the country, so we are monitoring that situation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The Northern Cape has only administered around 9 200 vaccines to elderly citizens since the start of phase two in mid-May.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy visit here was to look at what else we can do because fundamentally, the Northern Cape has a scarcity of resources, under-funding human resources, and infrastructure. There are also long distances between the various centres and the population is very dispersed,\u201d said Mkhize.<\/p>\n

President Cyril Ramaphosa placed Mkhize on special leave on Tuesday so he can attend to allegations levelled against him in the Digital Vibes debacle.<\/p>\n

Standing in for Mkhize as acting Minister of Health until further notice is Tourism Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane.<\/p>\n

She said that government remains committed and capable of managing the Covid-19 pandemic, executing a ramped up vaccination programme and running the national programmes.<\/p>\n

Total individuals vaccinated; Sisonke and Pfizer first dose is 1 524 589 #VaccineRolloutSA #vaccinated pic.twitter.com\/cmMEuOd9D2<\/p>\n

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