Police vaccination roll-out

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GARDEN ROUTE NEWS AND VIDEO - An air of nervous excitement was tangible as numerous Garden Route policemen and women stood in line for their Covid-19 vaccinations on Tuesday morning, 27 July at the police Eden Cluster offices in George.

This is the first vaccination site in the Southern Cape being opened for police officials to receive their jabs and Major-General Oswald Reddy, the Eden Cluster commander, encouraged all his colleagues to make use of this opportunity to protect themselves and the community.

During his post-vaccination press briefing, Reddy said he was saddened by the number of deaths caused by Covid-19 and appealed to all police officers, as well as the community at large, to get vaccinated.

Post vaccination, Reddy encouraged all police members to get vaccinated.

"I am pleased we have launched the vaccination site here in George for the Southern Cape police.

"During the current financial year 147 police members have succumbed to Covid-19 nationally and in the Western Cape we have lost nine members.

"These are no longer just statistics. It's real; it's people we know, family and loved ones. We are here to protect and serve the nation. That's why it's so important to get vaccinated in order to have a chance of survival," he said.

A total of 63 836 policemen and women have received vaccinations countrywide and in the Western Cape the total is 8 578. Curently 649 have tested positive, 312 are in isolation and 19 are in hospital. Nearly 300 local police members had been vaccinated by Tuesday afternoon.

Registered Southern Cape police members can now be vaccinated at the Eden Cluster offices every day from 08:00 until 14:00, after which registered family members over the age of 35 will be able to receive their vaccinations.

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