A team from the Gauteng health department was held up and robbed of tablets and cellphones while busy at a pop-up vaccination site in Soshanguve, north of Tshwane.
This was the second Covid-19 vaccination team robbed in the area. Another team was robbed at gunpoint while busy vaccinating people at the Wonder City taxi rank in December. The provincial health department said the latest incident happened on Friday next to Rivoningo Primary School.
“The incident happened as the vaccination team was busy at the site. The perpetrators fled with vaccination programme gadgets, consisting of two tablets and five cellphones belonging to the team.
“The matter was reported at Rietgat police station, where a case was opened.”
The department condemned the attack and robbery of health workers, warning that the violence had a negative impact on the vaccination roll-out and put workers’ lives in danger.
The five armed men fled the scene. No one was injured.
MEDIA STATEMENT || GAUTENG HEALTH CONDEMNS WITH CONTEMPT ATTACKS ON MOBILE VACCINATION TEAMS pic.twitter.com/kBbE75cfR5
— Gauteng Health (@GautengHealth) January 23, 2022
