Makhura added that more men were showing up to get the jab at pop-up vaccination sites. This after concerns emerged earlier about the low turnout of men compared with women.
“Since Friday, August 20, Gauteng vaccination sites have seen some improvement in the turnout and vaccination of males, from 43% to 44.5%. This is a welcome development that needs to be sustained. Well done to men who are showing up,” Makhura said on Wednesday.
The provincial health department is on Thursday at SABC Radio Park, where it hopes to vaccinate eligible adults in numbers.
“There are a lot of students here in Auckland Park, there are several colleges here and the University of Johannesburg. We look forward to an exciting day today. We need a lot of young people out. They started coming out in large numbers on Friday,” said the premier.
The provincial health department has pop-up vaccination sites in different parts of Gauteng in an effort to get more people to vaccinate. Last week, Makhura said officials conducted door-to-door interactions with various communities, dispelling myths about the vaccine.