Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Rollout to Resume on Wednesday

Faizel Patel – 26/04/2021

The Health Department has confirmed that the Johnson & Johnson vaccine rollout programme will resume through the Sisonke programme this week.

The department says it has all the doses it needed to complete vaccination of half a million healthcare workers through the early access protocol.

It says when the Sisonke programme resumes on Wednesday, vaccinations will be expanded to 95 sites across the country.

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize says health care workers through the early access protocol and the the teams have been eagerly standing by, looking forward to making up for lost time by completing this programme
in the shortest possible time.

“Phase one is due to end on 16 May and we remain committed to vaccinating as many of the 1,2 million health care workers targeted as possible, despite the unforeseen interruption to our programme. The 95 sites will be published in the next issue of I Choose Vaccination Bulletin and on the Health and SA Coronavirus website.”

The programme was halted after half a dozen patients developed a blood clot after being vaccinated in the United States.

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