Discovery allocates funds for COVID-19 vaccine

Discovery Health has allocated funding for members to receive the coronavirus vaccine.

Discovery Health’s Chief Commercial Officer, Ronald Whelan, says the company is working closely with both government and the private sector to ensure the entire country receives these vaccinations.

“Discovery has allocated funding for vaccinating all members of the scheme,” he said.

“In fact, we got board approval a good six weeks ago on that, secondly it will be for all members of the medical scheme but I think I should mention that we will need to follow strict prioritisation criteria.

For more, watch the interview with Prof Adrian Puren, HoD National Institute for Communicable Diseases above.

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Source: eNCA

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