Booster
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It’s your last shot at the Pfizer vaccine before the roll-out changes
Just under a third of South Africa’s Pfizer vaccines are set to expire by July, so the health department is trying to increase uptake of the doses and donate spare shots
Health department rolls out Pfizer boosters to eligible individuals
Low uptake anticipated because of festive season, but healthcare workers stand ready
Health department scraps quarantine, isolation requirements for asymptomatic Covid-19 contacts
The government has also started administering J&J booster shots from 24 December and will roll out Pfizer boosters from 28 December
Alarm as almost 20% of South Africa’s healthcare workers contract Covid
The 10-day healthcare worker ‘isolate and contact trace’ policy puts pressure on other healthcare workers and compromises hospitals’ ability to deliver quality healthcare