The CPUT Vaccination Centre was set to reach a new milestone yesterday – 7500 vaccines administered.

The centre, which is based at the Richard Sacco Building on the Bellville campus, opened its doors in June.

“We are of course excited about reaching over 7500 vaccinations but what is more exciting is seeing our students starting to arrive and taking up vaccinations. We aim to get to 500 vaccinations a day by 13 September and are already averaging between 200-300 per day at the moment,” said Vaccination Manager, Benjamin de Waal.

“The centre has been a very big team effort from the outset with more contributions than we could mention, from small things like cleaning staff always making sure that hand sanitisers are filled, to security staff ensuring that clients know where to go, answering their questions and even assisting them to register on the EVDS, to staff and students assisting with data capturing and observation,” he added.

 “And then of course campus health and health faculty academics who are giving their time to assist with vaccinations. This has been a true demonstration of just who the CPUT community is and what we stand for. Everyone who has assisted at the centre, in whatever way, has been a part of changing the lives of our staff, students and local community, bringing hope and saving lives. We cannot thank them enough.”

He said that since the centre opened to all adults, the demand for vaccination has been high with many CPUT students, younger staff members and youth from the public coming to the centre to be vaccinated.

“There has been a tremendous uptake, which has been wonderful.”

Staff members and students who have not yet been vaccinated are encouraged to come to the centre. They can register on the OPA and they will be booked an appointment or can just walk in at the centre or any other centre and they will be assisted. 

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The CPUT Vaccination Centre has passed the 10 000 vaccinations mark.

This milestone was reached last week, said Vaccination Manager, Benjamin de Waal.

He said more than 1 000 students had been vaccinated at the centre with an additional 700 booked for the week.

“Although many students are going to other centres closer to where they stay, we do believe that there are still many students who have not accessed vaccination. They are welcome to register on the OPA and we will book them an appointment within seven days. Alternatively, they can just come to the centre and we will assist them when they arrive.”

The centre, which is based at the Richard Sacco Building on the Bellville campus, opened its doors in June and was the first at a post-school education centre in South Africa.

Meanwhile, Vice-Chancellor Prof Chris Nhlapo recently handed out wristbands to staff and students at the Centre.

The free wristbands state: “I am vaccinated”.

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Registered CPUT students could win a holiday cash injection of R5 000 if they register for their Covid-19 vaccination on the CPUT Online Personal Access (OPA) portal and get vaccinated between today and December 15th.

CPUT is giving away two cash prizes of R5 000 each as well as 10 cash prizes of R1 000 each to the lucky winners.

All students who get vaccinated at the university’s Vaccination Centre during this period will also receive a free goodie bag.

To enter, register for your vaccination at https://opa.cput.ac.za/ and go get your vaccination.

CPUT will be hosting two Vooma vaccination days this week and encourages students to use this opportunity to get vaccinated.

Join us on November 25th at the vaccination pop-up stand on the District Six Campus (D6) and at the Vaccination Centre on the Bellville Campus on November 26th.

There will be music, goodie bags and boerewors rolls for all who come to get vaccinated.

Prof Mellet Moll, Compliance & Risk Officer: Business Continuity and Covid-19, said the institution wants to create a fun way for students to spread the message that the fourth wave of Covid-19 infections will be arriving soon. Moll added that when students depart, the best way for them to ensure that they protect their loved ones over the Festive Season. is to arrive home having been vaccinated.

“Our students had a difficult year to cope with their studies as well as the circumstances created by the second and third waves and now when they complete their assessments, conclude their academic year by visiting our Vaccination Centre at the Bellville Campus or the temporary Vaccination Centre we will be setting up at D6 to get their jabs as well as participate in wonderful competitions and share in the refreshments offered there."

The university hopes to vaccinate at least 3000 students during this week and a further 2000 students during next week.

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CPUT’s Vaccination Centre continues to contribute to the health of the university and broader community and has now administered more than 15 000 COVID-19 vaccinations.

The university’s recent VOOMA campaign also proved to be a huge success, with a total of 331 students (200 at theD6 Campus and 131 at the Bellville campus) vaccinated over two days.

“We are very pleased with the turnout, especially at the D6 Campus. We are planning more VOOMA days in the new year, especially at the D6 Campus and other campuses to provide more access to vaccinations to students and staff, especially for our incoming first-year learners,” said Vaccination Manager, Benjamin de Waal.

“We would like to thank our colleagues form the District Six Hospital who assisted us with the D6 vaccination outreach. We would also like to acknowledge and thank our colleagues from the HIV Unit, Sister Melanie Marais and her team, for coordinating the event as well as our colleagues from campus health who assisted.” 

Referring to the 15 000 vaccinations milestone, De Waal said all the staff at the centre were delighted to have been part of the contribution they have been able to make to the university community and also to the local community to whom CPUT has provided an access point for vaccination. 

“I would like to congratulate and sincerely thank all of the staff members from the Department of Nursing, the Department of Emergency Medical Sciences, Campus Health, the HIV Unit, Protection Services and staff from Facilities and Cleaning whom have been part of making the centre a success.”

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