Over six million vaccine doses have so far been administered in the country.
According to the Health Department, the cumulative total was recorded on Thursday, 22 July.
Of the six million, 238 020 were given out in the last 24 hours.
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By Christmas, the DoH plans to have vaccinated around 35 million.
Crisp stated that this is the target that has been set.
During the looting, Crisp stated that 25 000 vaccine doses were lost.
Over six million people in the country have so far been vaccinated fully while the new target by Christmas is 35 million. Image: Sharon Seretlo/Gallo ImagesSource: Getty Images
As of 22 July, 16 999 new cases were recorded.
Mokokotlela stated that there are causality studies going on.
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Source: Briefly News
Reeshni ChettyReeshni Chetty is a senior current affairs reporter.
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