Teachers and non-teaching staff above the age of 40 are next in line to be vaccinated.
While vaccination is voluntary, the National Professional Teachers’ Organisation of South Africa (NAPTOSA), together with other teacher unions, has urged all eligible education sector staff to embrace this opportunity to be vaccinated.
The long-awaited Johnson & Johnson vaccine suffered some setbacks in the United States after contamination problems at a COVID-19 vaccine plant in Baltimore, which has had a knock-on effect locally.