The Western Cape has set an ambitious target to vaccinate 24,000 residents per day in the next two weeks. This is according to Premier Alan Winde, who said on Wednesday the province is currently vaccinating 6,000 residents per day and plans to double this number next week to ensure a speedy process.
Winde said the province planned its ramp-up according to the number of vaccines it is expecting to receive on Thursday and in June.
“We are also working actively to open more sites across the province so that residents are able to be vaccinated as close to home as possible.
“This week, we are aiming to open 33 additional sites, six of which are in rural areas. Next week, we aim to open another 49 sites, 36 of which are in rural areas. We are aiming to open a further 17 sites the week thereafter,” said Winde.