Premier Zamani Saul said during a media briefing that healthcare workers will be the first to receive the vaccinations on the 10th of February. He confirmed 14 000 frontline healthcare workers in the province are expected to receive the first batch of the vaccine as part of the phase 1 rollout plan.

Saul together with Health MEC, Maruping Lekwene, declared the province ready for the first phase of the rollout plan.

He said 10 000 healthcare workers are within the public sector while 4 000 are from the private sector. Saul further announced that phase 1 will include a rollout to 15 centres across the province.

According to daily reports released by Health Minister Zweli Mkhize, the Northern Cape currently has 32 529 Covid-19 positive cases, 599 deaths and 28 354 recoveries.

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