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Africa-Press<\/a> – South-Africa<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Cape Town \u2013 Over one million South Africans aged 60 and older \u2013 that registered for the Covid-19 vaccine \u2013 have not been vaccinated, deputy director-general of the Health Department Dr Nicholas Crisp said on Friday.<\/p>\n

Crisp said 3.75 million people over the age of 60 have registered, but, only 2.5 million have received their vaccination.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat means that the queue for the elderly, people is still one million long. That is partly a challenge because there are not many sites in all the areas where these people reside and it’s very hard to get to them until we open more sites,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Earlier, at the same briefing, acting Health Minister, Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane, announced that people above the age of 50 would be able to receive their Covid-19 vaccines from July 15.<\/p>\n

Crisp said that the department was opening several vaccine sites across the country to increase the number of people vaccinated.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow that we are able to open a large number of sites, we should be able to quickly reach the remaining people, but at the same time sustain the current sites to accommodate the over 50s who are being brought into the vaccination schedule.\u201d<\/p>\n

Crisp said that only half of the targeted population in the over 60s group have registered on the Electronic Vaccination Data System (EVDS) to receive their shot.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe registration of people on the EVDS system has been by far better in rural areas than in urban areas,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Crisp said the system worked the best in Limpopo, where 75 percent of the population over 60 have registered, compared to the 35 percent in urban areas.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a bit counter-intuitive because we would have expected that populations who have greater access to digital technology and bandwidth would have registered more easily,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd we would have also thought that since we know there is greater English literacy in the urban areas that there would have been great registration in those areas.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the education sector rollout has seen more than a 105 000 people vaccinated across seven provinces in the last two days.<\/p>\n

KwaZulu-Natal has vaccinated 32.1 percent of its target population.<\/p>\n

Statement | Registration for #COVID19 vaccinations will open to over-50s from July 1, and their jabs will begin from July 15, acting @HealthZA Minister @mmkubayi has announced. Read more: https:\/\/t.co\/ir7RVB35eb pic.twitter.com\/mVJ8Eq3ZVQ<\/p>\n

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