Agri Western Cape Chief Executive Jannie Strydom has stated that the collaboration between public health and the private sector to provide vaccination sites can be seen as a confirmation of the willingness of the agricultural sector to assist in Covid prevention and containment.
Dimitri Jacobs, Director Human Resources and Company Director of South Africa’s largest exporter of apples and pears, Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing, the Two-a-Day company is seeing success with their campaign to communicate the positive benefits of being vaccinated. Jacobs thinks educating people about the benefits of the vaccination is paramount.
“We are providing registered nurses to administer the vaccination and also having Dr Anthony Hess on standby in the event of any side effects,” Jacobs told hortgro.co.za, adding: “We even made a video of Dr Hess being vaccinated as he is a prominent figure in our community and, we hope, this will help convince people that being vaccinated is safe and beneficial to everyone’s health.”
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