(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) South Africa launches vaccination work for police officers across the country
China News Agency, Johannesburg, July 5th (Reporter Wang Xi) On July 5th local time, the South African government officially opened the vaccinations for new crown pneumonia vaccines for the staff of the national police system in the Soweto area of Johannesburg. This vaccination The work will cover more than 180,000 police officers in South Africa.
Data map: On February 26, local time, outside a large hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa, people admitted for treatment underwent strict screening.
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As a high-risk group of South Africa's new crown pneumonia epidemic, South African police officers have been severely attacked by the new crown virus.
According to data released by the South African government, since the outbreak, more than 30,000 South African police officers have been infected with the new crown pneumonia virus, of which 680 died. This directly affected South African police work during the epidemic.
Although South African Police Minister Becky Sele and other government officials have repeatedly called for police personnel to be vaccinated, the shortage of new crown pneumonia vaccine stocks in South Africa has caused South African police personnel to start vaccination work in February this year. Has never been eligible for vaccination.
Since July, with the order of multiple batches of new crown pneumonia vaccines in place, the South African government finally opened up the vaccination work for the staff of the national police system, thus speeding up the overall progress of South Africa's new crown pneumonia vaccination work.
In response, the South African Police Union welcomed it.
Richard Mamabolo, a spokesman for the police union, said that as a front-line worker, South African police workers were severely affected by the virus during the epidemic, and a large number of police officers died of the virus.
The South African government's opening of vaccination work this time will help police staff effectively resist the virus and maintain the normal operation of their work during the epidemic.
On the same day, Sele and a number of South African police officers came to the vaccination site to vaccinate.
According to Sele, the South African government has opened 108 vaccination points for police officers nationwide, striving to complete the vaccination of police officers in the shortest possible time.
As of press time, the total number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in South Africa has reached 2062896, with 61840 deaths.
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