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Directions on a National Framework and Criteria for the management of the 2021 Academic Year in Public and Private Higher Education Institutions

10. PSET Vaccination

 

10.1. On 3 January 2021, the Department of Health announced that it aims to procure and vaccinate two- thirds of the country's population by the end of 2021 in order to achieve population immunity. The National Department of Health will coordinate the Vaccine Rollout with all provincial health departments and the private healthcare sector.

 

10.2. HIGHER HEALTH is developing a PSET vaccination strategy with support from the Department of Health, for inclusion of PSET staff and students in the national vaccination programme. The PSET vaccination strategy will be released soon to the sector, after the consultations have concluded.

 

10.3. The phased approach of vaccination to the population will be aligned to the National Department of Health strategy, towards prioritising frontline PSET health care staff, health science students, essential and frontline support staff, staff and students with comorbidities, as well as general staff and students. The phased approach will use a queue system, towards enrolment and registration of the particular sub-set of PSET population, on the national registration system, called the Electronic Vaccination Data System (EVDS)

 

https://vaccine.enroll.health.gov.za/#1

 

Currently the EVDS system is open for registration of our PSET healthcare staff and health sciences students. For any queries please contact HIGHER HEALTH or nearest provincial department of Health office.

 

10.4. Universities are encouraged to:

 

• Develop campus information and communication systems towards authentic and trusted news sources regarding the national COVID-19 vaccination programme.
• Keep the campus community informed with accurate information and regularly update this as government plans develop on vaccination. This can counter the spread of misinformation. Useful toolkits can be found here:

 

https://sacoronavirus.co.za/tag/vaccine-toolkits

 

Information about the different vaccines can be found here:

 

https://sacoronavirus.co.za/2021/01/27/overview-of-the-vaccines-slideshow/