Scrap R10bn SAA bailout money to pay for vaccines, DA asks Mboweni
Leader John Steenhuisen says a vaccine programme replacing lockdown is the only way to rescue SA from Covid-19
29 December 2020 - 10:52
The DA has called for public hearings into whether bailout money for SAA should be scrapped and be diverted to pay for the acquisition and provision of one of the four available coronavirus vaccines.
Meanwhile, public health expert Alex van den Heever says the government needs not pay for health workers to receive one of the vaccines‚ it just needs to source it — these workers are already on medical aid schemes...
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