Unions slam vaccine strategy
‘Colossal’ failure that will condemn workers to death, says Cosatu
04 January 2021 - 12:10
Union federation Cosatu and its health affiliate have criticised the government’s absence of a detailed vaccine rollout strategy, saying the attempt by health minister Zweli Mkhize on Sunday to persuade the public that the government had the matter in hand was unconvincing.
“It is clear that we are dealing with colossal mismanagement of the vaccine procurement process and front-line workers, the elderly and those with co-morbidities will pay with their lives,” Cosatu said in a statement...
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