Unrest in KZN and Gauteng to further delay SA’s vaccine rollout

The outbreak of violence and looting in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng will further delay the country’s vaccination rollout programme. This is according to the Independent Community Pharmacy Association (ICPA).

The Association says independent pharmacies are among the shops looted and medication worth millions of rands have been stolen or destroyed.

In a statement released by ICPA media spokesperson, Shanaaz Bayat says President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that 200 000 people will be vaccinated daily in the coming days.

She says, however, – this will become impossible, as the Independent pharmacy vaccination sites have been destroyed and looted.

Bayat says the Health Department in KZN has now suspended the province’s vaccine rollout programme due to the protest.

She added that many vulnerable citizens will not be able to access their chronic medication or obtain urgent acute medication from their pharmacies, as they have either been looted or destroyed.

The ICPA is calling on government to deploy security or the SANDF to guard their pharmacies.

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On Monday President Cyril Ramaphosa authorised the deployment of the South African Defence Force to support the South African Police Service to restore law and order in the two provinces.

The President was addressing the nation on Monday evening on the violence and looting that has hit some provinces in South Africa.

The President’s full address is in the video below:

-Sabc

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