Vaccinations are on everyone’s lips and on some of our arms, I having had my first Pfizer vaccination at the Somerset Hospital last week.
Having only followed the vaccination at arm’s length, pardon the pun, I am far more aware about the vaccination status in our country, more than 2,3 million residents having been vaccinated to date. Continue reading →
Earlier this evening President Ramaphosa announced in a ‘family gathering’ that our country’s Lockdown status will change to Level 2 Adjusted as of midnight tonight.
The major change of this Level 2 Adjusted Lockdown will be that the Curfew starting time changes to 23h00, and therefore that Restaurants have to close at 22h00. Restaurants and other venues may only seat up 100 diners inside, and 250 persons outside. Continue reading →
Discovery CEO Adrian Gore has sent an email letter to his clients, updating them on his company’s preparation for the speedy vaccination of its members. The good news is that his members have no need to take any action now, on a ….. don’t call us, we’ll call you ….. basis, so refreshing! Discovery members are to be notified when to register for the vaccinations.
Gore writes in an informal style, addressing me by my first name and signing off in his. No Mr/Ms/Mrs corporate nonsense!
Vaccinations for the 37 million adults in our country are to be available soon, although a date is not known. Discovery is developing its own ‘Mass Vaccination Programme’, aiming to vaccinate the 3 million Discovery Health Scheme members at the rate of 50000 persons per day. Discovery is working with other bodies to get its members vaccinated ahead of the current Government planned time estimate of October 2021 – February 2022, and could be as early as the end of April 2021. Vaccines are to be sourced from Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer-BioNTech.
Read more about Discovery’s planned Mass Vaccination Programme below:
Excellent news announced by the surprise and very short Speech by President Cyril Ramaphosa this evening is that the Government is moving the country to Level 1 from tonight, marking the 11-month anniversary of Lockdown in our country.
President Ramaphosa announced that the move to Level 1 pushes the Curfew to midnight, until 4h00. Restaurant closing times were not addressed, possibly moving to 23h00. In the Gazette, the closing time of restaurants is confirmed as 23h00. Continue reading →