Campaigns, mandates, incentives: what SA needs to get the vaccinating done

15 August 2021 - 00:01 By Sunday Times Editorial

Thursday's vaccine registration tally of just over 53,000 was "a pretty poor show", health department deputy director-general Nicholas Crisp said the following day, and who would argue? But while Crisp's disgruntlement was aimed at those eligible for Covid-19 jabs but reluctant to sign up, a bit of navel-gazing wouldn't go amiss...

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