Cosatu has described government’s efforts so far in the rollout of the vaccine programme as gross incompetence, which came with deadly consequences.
The pass is a mobile application for travellers to help manage their verified certifications for COVID-19 tests and vaccines.
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize announced that more vaccines would be delivered as the country got ready for the second phase of the immunisation campaign next month.
Sixty-two more people have died in South Africa after contracting the coronavirus, with the death toll now standing at 53,173.
Seventy-nine more people have died in South Africa after contracting the coronavirus, taking the national death toll to 53,111.
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Professor Alex van den Heever, a health and social security systems specialist, said that the movement between provinces did not necessarily drive a wave unless they were going into a context where super spreading was very risky.
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said that government's approach to managing the COVID-19 pandemic was based on an all-inclusive strategy to utilise the full capacity of the country's health system.
Thousands of students, many of them not wearing their face masks properly, converged on the university's Durban and Pietermaritzburg campuses on Tuesday, overwhelming security officers. They were trying to secure admission and register for the current academic year.
Pictures on social media showed thousands at the institution’s Steve Biko campus in Durban on Tuesday.
These lastest fatalities, recorded over the past 24-hour cycle, bring the national death toll to 53,032.
As his department prepares for the mass vaccination of the country, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said that they wanted to revise their strategy to improve efficiency.
The party said that this was in addition to the decision it took to explore further legal challenges against the South African government on the matter.
Together with the Johnson & Johnson agreement for 30 million vaccines, the scene is finally set for South Africa to begin the rollout of the country's vaccine programme.
Dr Van Zyl has been battling COVID-19-related complications in hospital for weeks now.
Over the past 24-hour cycle, eight more fatalities were confirmed, meaning that 52,995 people have died since the outbreak started early last year.
Anglican Archbishop Thabo Makgoba said that in view of the fragility of some of the country's health infrastructure, he was sceptical of how quickly the rollout would progress.
It's been predicted that the Easter holidays could fuel the infection rate.
