COVID-19 Update | 23 December 2021

Published: Thu, 12/23/21

Vaccine Rollout

According to SA coronavirus, 15.4 million (38.85%) of the South African population have now been fully vaccinated. People from the ages of 12 can now get vaccinated from their nearest vaccination centres. Find your nearest site here.

The number of vaccinated individuals changes on a daily basis. To get accurate updates on the vaccine rollout visit the external resources section on our COVID-19 Vaccine page or click here.

Source: SA coronavirus

COVID-19 Cases

As of 22 December, 21 099 new COIVD-19 cases have been reported and the number of active COVID-19 cases is now sitting at 210 120, with the recovery rate at 91.0%.
South Africa still has a long way to go before reaching immunity and therefore, it is important to continue adhering to all COVID-19 safety regulations.

Source: SA Coronavirus

Meet the heroes of 2021

CEO of BioNTech, Dr Uğur Şahin and his wife, Dr Özlem Türeci, who is also the co-founder and chief medical officer are amongst our hero Scientists for the year after they discovered the first COVID-19 vaccine just 11 months after the pandemic began.

Their first major accomplishment years ago was the ability to protect and optimise the vulnerable mRNA molecule, leading to an exponential increase in its stability and when COVID-19 came along, they realised that, because the genome of the virus was known, they could make a vaccine that could engineer an immune response.

Source: Daily Maverick

Israel to offer fourth coronavirus vaccine dose to over-60s

Israel has announced it will now offer a fourth dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to people aged over 60, this comes after the first known patient to have died from the Omicron variant in the nation. Another death due to the Omicron variant has also been reported in the US and continues to dominate new infections across the globe.

Source: BBC

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