AGRICULTURE NEWS - Agri SA wants agriculture to be classified as a COVID-19 vaccination priority to enable workers in the sector to become vaccinated as soon as possible.
Christo van der Rheede, executive director of Agri SA, said in a statement released on Monday, 21 June that he was concerned about the alarming rate at which the virus had been spreading so far this winter.
“The national government, who is primarily responsible for the vaccination drive, has prioritised healthcare workers and those over the age of 60, and recently educational staff, to be vaccinated, without considering critical essential workers such as [those in] the agriculture sector,” he said.
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