A healthcare worker attends to a Covid-19 patient at Arwyp Medical Centre in Kempton Park, Johannesburg in this file photo. Picture: REUTERS/SHAFIEK TASSIEM
The risk of death from Covid-19 was 3.3 times higher among unvaccinated public-sector healthcare workers compared to vaccinated staff, according to its analysis of its employees registered on the government personnel and salary system, Persal. The risk of death was 1 in 480 among unvaccinated healthcare workers compared to 1 in 1,490 among staff who were fully immunised.
“This sends a very powerful message about the effectiveness of the vaccines,” said Western Cape health department COO Saadiq Kariem.
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