The process is also in English, just one of the country’s 11 official languages, while the setup also favors those with private health insurance, or about 16% of the population. South Africa’s national Covid-19 vaccine rollout has run for just over three weeks, yet one of the country’s long-standing challenges is already hampering efforts to inoculate two-thirds of the population this year: inequality. The setup also favors those with private health insurance, or about 16% of the population, who tend to be higher earners. "You don’t distinguish between public and private and don’t distinguish between people who have money and don’t have money." The vaccine campaign should "subsidize transport, have sites closer to where people are, use churches and other places where people go."

Source: News 24 June 08, 2021 05:26 UTC