Speaking at the launch of the ANC Letsema campaign in Mangaung this weekend, Ramaphosa encouraged residents to vaccinate as soon as possible. He said that positive cases are slowly increasing again, and says the only way to curb the spread of Covid-19 - and avoid the closure of the economy - is to get people fully vaccinated.

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"When you are vaccinated you are in a much, much better position than someone who has not vaccinated. So I want to encourage us even now to go and vaccinate. We are worried that the number of people who are vaccinating are going down but Covid-19 is still with us. So I want to encourage all of those who have not yet vaccinated to go," said Ramaphosa.

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