Discovery’s walk-in vaccinations a hit, but just for a day
News that the company was taking walk-ins over the age of 70 spread rapidly by word of mouth
19 May 2021 - 13:28
UPDATED 19 May 2021 - 23:34
Health and life insurer Discovery, which began administering Covid-19 vaccines at its head office site in Sandton earlier this week, was hit by a scheduling glitch on the government’s electronic registration system on Wednesday morning, which forced it to take walk-ins.
The problem was confined to Discovery’s site, according to Lwazi Manzi, spokesperson for health minister Zweli Mkhize...
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