• News
  • Sport
  • TV
  • Radio
  • Education
  • TV Licences
  • Contact Us

For all official information and updates regarding COVID-19, visit the South African Department of Health's website at www.sacoronavirus.co.za

No Result
View All Result
  • SOUTH AFRICA
  • POLITICS
  • BUSINESS
  • SPORT
  • AFRICA
  • WORLD
  • SCI-TECH
  • LIFESTYLE
  • FEATURES
  • OPINION
Home Coronavirus

Vaccination programme poorly planned and implemented: Denosa

24 June 2021, 9:37 AM  |
SABC SABC |  @SABCNews
The situation turned into chaotic scenes in Bloemfontein on Wednesday with hundreds of teachers queuing outside the Gonyane Primary school hall without observing social distancing.

The situation turned into chaotic scenes in Bloemfontein on Wednesday with hundreds of teachers queuing outside the Gonyane Primary school hall without observing social distancing.

Image: Reuters

The situation turned into chaotic scenes in Bloemfontein on Wednesday with hundreds of teachers queuing outside the Gonyane Primary school hall without observing social distancing.

The Democratic Nursing Organisation (Denosa) says the vaccination programme rollout has been poorly planned and implemented.

The organisation says there are long queues that end up in stampedes exposing people to COVID-19 infections.

The situation turned into chaotic scenes in Bloemfontein on Wednesday with hundreds of teachers queuing outside the Gonyane Primary school hall without observing social distancing.

The Departments of Education and Health only aimed to vaccinate 500 teachers on the first day and as the day progressed, things got out of control as teachers pushed one another to be let inside the school hall.

Some of the teachers complained that there was no proper planning for the vaccination process.

“We are unhappy about the whole situation they told us we are going to get inside according to the programme they allocated us time. Now things are so disrupted. There’re no social distancing, there’s no marshal’s, no social distancing everything is out of order,” said one teacher.

“We are unhappy because the MEC was here, the HOD was also here but we are treated like unprofessionals, look at us, look at us as teachers, we are here we don’t have social distancing, most of us are sick here. Already we do have the virus now,” added another.

Education MEC Tate Makgoe spent the entire day at the vaccination centre where he was also vaccinated. Makgoe says their plan was compromised by the message the teachers received.

“But apparently yesterday, somebody said to them let’s go vaccines may finish, so everybody decided to come today. So we’ve got a lot of people that we were not expecting but, however, I think it’s important to remember that Bloemfontein has been one of the areas that is hard hit with coronavirus.”

“And you can understand the anxiety, people are anxious to get the vaccine. They just need to make sure that they get the vaccine that they must be healthy, they must social distance. So we have asked some of them to say to them look you can go back, you can come tomorrow and they said no they want it today,” adds Makgoe.

Denosa Acting General Secretary Cassim Lekhoathi says the shortage of personnel at vaccination sites hampers government’s vaccination targets.

“As Denosa we are not involved in the planning thereof and that is one of the weaknesses. On a small scale of just vaccinating teachers, we still have 40 odd million people that still need to be vaccinated. Their shortage of personnel to execute that and the reputation of what happened yesterday is going to carry on.”

Chaos erupts at a vaccination site in Bloemfontein: 

Reaction to the first day of vaccination of teachers: Dr. Chris Klopper

Share article
Tags: Free StateDENOSATeachersCOVID-10 vaccine
Previous Post

Rwanda’s President says Africa should have equal ground in producing COVID-19 vaccines

Next Post

VIDEO: Commission hears BOSASA-related evidence from Mbulelo Gingcana

Related Posts

Man holds a firearm with a tag

Western Cape to reintroduce reward system for anonymous reports of illegal firearms

22 May 2022, 1:36 PM
Emergency personnel assisting residents in Durban, KZN, 22 May, 2022

Low-cost housing project in oThongathi in KZN hit again by floods

22 May 2022, 1:04 PM
An area flooded by persistent rains in KZN, 22 May, 2022

All emergency response systems activated in KZN amid flooding

22 May 2022, 10:20 AM
Mpumalanga Premier Refilwe Mtsweni- Tsipane

Mpumalanga Premier to visit family of slain six-year-old girl

22 May 2022, 9:08 AM
The lights of a police car

GRAPHICS: Emergency contacts in KZN

22 May 2022, 8:17 AM
A person walks with an umbrella during rains in KZN

Several homes evacuated in flood hit areas of KZN

22 May 2022, 8:10 AM
Next Post

VIDEO: Commission hears BOSASA-related evidence from Mbulelo Gingcana

Most Viewed

  • 24hrs
  • Week
  • Month
  • EMS says fire at Bree Street Taxi Rank in Johannesburg has been extinguished
  • The public has until 18 May to make submissions on Icasa’s regulations for extension of expiry period for data, airtime
  • ANC NEC expected to hold a special meeting on Sunday
  • Eastern Cape flood victims plead for support as access to food, services remains difficult
  • Amathole Regional Secretary elated to have corruption charges against him dropped
  • Stellenbosch University suspends white student for urinating on black student’s laptop
  • Russia uses new laser weapons in Ukraine, Zelenskyy mocks ‘wonder weapon’
  • Calls for law enforcement to activate action plan to arrest Namhla Mtwa’s killer
  • Former president Jacob Zuma’s corruption case back in court
  • Senegal’s President tweets support for Idrissa Gueye over LGBTQ+
  • SA may be home to world’s oldest person
  • Some R350 grant beneficiaries have not yet received April payments
  • Cosatu’s May Day celebrations descended into chaos, proceedings halted
  • Suspect arrested in connection with Hillary Gardee’s murder
  • Senzo Meyiwa Murder Trial | Advocate Teffo arrested, instructing attorney says they’ve received intimidating calls

LATEST

President Cyril Ramaphosa
  • Politics

Moerane was a model of a servant leader: Ramaphosa


Man holds a firearm with a tag
  • South Africa

Western Cape to reintroduce reward system for anonymous reports of illegal firearms


Emergency personnel assisting residents in Durban, KZN, 22 May, 2022
  • Heavy floods
  • South Africa

Low-cost housing project in oThongathi in KZN hit again by floods


ANC Treasurer-General Paul Mashatile is seen conducting a post-National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting media briefing on 28 March 2022.
  • Politics

ANC Treasurer-General Paul Mashatile pays tribute to Mpho Moerane


Former Johannesburg mayor  Mpho Moerane
  • Politics

Mpho Moerane’s passing has left huge void: Uncle


The Eskom Megawatt Office Park in Sunninghill.
  • Business

Eskom admits to failure to find solutions to some of its ongoing problems


Weather

  • About the SABC
  • Contact Us
  • Jobs
  • Advertise
  • Disclaimer
  • Site Map

SABC © 2022

No Result
View All Result
  • SOUTH AFRICA
  • POLITICS
  • BUSINESS
  • SPORT
  • AFRICA
  • WORLD
  • SCI-TECH
  • LIFESTYLE
  • FEATURES
  • OPINION

© 2022

Previous Rwanda’s President says Africa should have equal ground in producing COVID-19 vaccines
Next VIDEO: Commission hears BOSASA-related evidence from Mbulelo Gingcana