“We were in a global race. We had to really punch above our weight to access vaccines for SA.” — This insightful documentary, produced by Discovery_SA, takes you behind the scenes of the drive to vaccinate the nation.
An insightful new documentary, produced by Discovery, lets you look behind the scenes at the highlights of the drive to vaccinate the nationDiscovery aims to offer a ‘seamless vaccination experience through a welcoming, nurturing and efficient process’.In January 2022, Discovery celebrated a significant milestone: one-million Covid-19 vaccine doses administered through its nine vaccination sites.
Substantial financial and operational resources needed to be quickly mobilised and deployed to secure and administer Covid-19 vaccinations across SA. This required a whole-country response and unprecedented speed of delivery. Dr Ayanda Ntsaluba, chair of Discovery Health “Considering the devastation our economy was facing and the complexity of the undertaking, assisting our government in planning and executing on the national vaccination programme was a no-brainer,” explains Harris.Dr Ronald Whelan, head of Discovery's Covid-19 task team
“The Johnson & Johnson vaccine then became our saving grace,” says Nematswerani. “However, concerns about the risk of blood clots and over this vaccine’s manufacturing process in the US, then further held up the rollout. Fortunately these hurdles were overcome, but these incidents fuelled the growing misinformation about Covid-19 and the vaccines available, which still requires effort to overturn.
In early 2021 and over the course of only three months, Discovery, in collaboration with the various provincial departments of health and other partners, established nine mass vaccination sites spread across Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and the Western Cape.
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