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South Africa has said it will set up 1,000 vaccination sites at selected polling stations during next week's local government elections to offer voters a chance to get a shot after casting ballots, reports AFP.
The country — the continent's worst hit by the coronavirus pandemic — votes on Monday to elect municipal councillors and mayors.
Around 1,000 vaccination sites will be set up around some of the 23,000 polling stations, targeting areas where inoculation uptake has been low.
“We hope this arrangement will offer convenience” for people who will have travelled to cast their ballots, “to vaccinate in one trip”, Health Minister Joe Phaahla told journalists.
