Demand for Covid-19 jabs declining in SA
Covid-19 vaccine demand has gone down in the country.
Deputy director-general in the Health Department Dr Nicholas Crisp says as things stand, there won't be supply constraints for the next two months.
He was speaking during a coronavirus briefing on Friday.
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"Vaccination capacity is strong. Now we need vaccine demand because it has decreased with the loss of impetus in the programme.
"The 35 to 49-year-olds had a very good start but have not sustained their interests, maybe thinking there's now enough vaccine I can take my time.
"But we want to caution people once the young group of 18 to 45-year-olds arrives there are 17 million people in that category from 1 September."
He's again pleaded with men to come forward and get jabbed.
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"The men are not being vaccinated in the numbers of the women in all age groups. So we are seeing 60 percent of the people vaccinated at the moment are female and 40 male.
"I want to appeal again to men. This is not good because it means that men are going to end up very sick and we don't want that to happen."
