Increase COVID-19 vaccination centres, govt told

HEALTH experts yesterday urged government to increase COVID-19 vaccination centres after the country last week recorded new highs in infections and deaths from the virus.

The southern African country has been hard hit by the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, being driven by the now dominant Delta strain first detected in India and the Beta variant (South Africa).

It recorded 55 deaths on Friday and 42 fatalities on Saturday, July 10 to bring the total to 2 126.

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