Ramaphosa in state of denial about vaccination programme
1 March 2021
It appears as if President Cyril Ramaphosa is in a state of denial about the success of the government's Covid-19 vaccination programme.
He says that he is satisfied with the progress that has been made, but the harsh reality is that up to date, only a mere 67 000 healthcare workers have been vaccinated. It is already a failure.
At the beginning of the year, President Ramaphosa said that the objective is to ensure that a total of 40 million people have been vaccinated by the end of this year in order to establish herd immunity – at the current rate, however, it will take many years to achieve that.
The FF Plus has raised the issue of why private companies, like large mines, cannot be allowed to roll-out their own vaccination programmes while complying with the right protocols.