NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, ENGLAND - JANUARY 11: Mr Nana Kwabena Edusei, aged 81 from Heaton, receives his vaccination from Staff Nurse Caroline McGuinness at the International Centre for Life on January 11, 2021 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. The location is one of several mass vaccination centres in England to open to the public this week. The UK aims to vaccinate 15 million people by mid-February. (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)
The South African law does not make it mandatory for citizens to be vaccinated, and the same will apply for Covid-19 immunisation. But experts say people still have the responsibility not to act recklessly — and they should follow Covid-19 health protocols
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