PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT TO HOST VOOMA VACCINATION WEEKEND CAMPAIGNS

29 September 2021

The Mpumalanga Provincial Government will host the Vooma Vaccination Weekend Campaigns scheduled to take place this coming weekend as from Friday 01 – 03 October 2021. The Vooma Vaccination Weekend Campaign is aimed at increasing the uptake by encouraging citizens to vaccinate in order to protect themselves, their families and their communities before the possible fourth wave of COVID-19 infections.

All vaccination sites throughout the province will be opened during the weekend, and the goal for the campaign is to achieve 70 percent coverage of adults who would have vaccinated by the end of December 2021.

The provincial leadership, accompanied by Deputy Minister of Health, Dr Sibongiseni Dhlomo, Executive Mayors, personalities and the clergy will visit designated areas following the concerns of low numbers of people who have been vaccinated, to encourage them.

Mpumalanga is one of the three provinces with the least number of vaccinated people after Gauteng and North West with only more than 736 000 which makes up for 24.2 percent.

The campaigns are scheduled as follows:

DAY 1 GERT SIBANDE DISTRICT
Date: 01 October 2021
Venue: Embalenhle Stadium, Secunda, Govan Mbeki Municipality
Time: 09h00

DAY 2 NKANGALA DISTRICT
Date: 02 October 2021
Venue: Ackerville Stadium, Emalahleni Municipality
Time: 09h00

DAY 3 EHLANZENI DISTRICT
Date: 03 October 2021
Venue: Kabokweni Complex
Time: 09h00

The media is invited.

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Issued by the Mpumalanga Provincial Government

(A) Provincial Government’s Spokesperson: George Mthethwa
Tel: (013) 766 2242
Mobile: 083 302 2774
E-mail: gpmthethwa@mpg.gov.za