Premier
With regard to the Province’s vaccine rollout plan:
(a) What are the details of the (i) countries, (ii) provinces and (iii) institutions that he has engaged regarding the Province’s vaccine procurement and rollout plan and (b) what is the detailed feedback from each of these engagements;
whether, with regard to his utterances during the sitting of 6 May 2021, he can shed more light on the one million vaccines he said he sent to the national government; if so, (a) what are the details of these vaccines, (b) where did they come from and (c) what was the cost involved?
In support of the efforts by the National Government to secure adequate supplies of vaccines during a time of severe uncertainty in this regard (and as communicated to the President of the Republic), the Western Cape Government reached out to some of its international partners and stakeholders to explore the possibility of accessing additional and or surplus vaccines. The vaccine acquisition team remains engaged to mitigate any risks due to a shortfall in supply at a future date.
Kindly see Annexure “A” for a list of such international partners / stakeholders that correspondence was addressed to.
Lastly, cognisance should also be taken of the fact that the province’s response to the global pandemic was also raised in engagements with the Free State of Bavaria (28 April 2021) and the American Consulate-General (16 April 2021), as part of the exchange of best practices and lessons learned.
(b) Refer to Annexure A.
(2)(a)(b) Sanrai International made an offer to provide one million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine. The Western Cape Government, through the Head of Department for Health extended the offer to the National Department of Health. I informed Minister Mkhize of the offer as the vaccines would need to be SAHPRA approved.
(c) No costs were incurred by the Western Cape Government.
