Montsho Matlala
South Africa’s northernmost province hasn’t escaped this week’s looting and violence entirely unscathed with some private COVID-19 vaccination sites shutting down due to panic. But other than a few minor incidents, Limpopo has bounced back as the fight against the virus continues. Limpopo Department of Health spokesperson, Derrick Kganyago, confirmed that COVID-19 vaccinations were negatively affected at some private institutions earlier this week. “We are very concerned that the COVID-19 vaccination rollout at private pharmacies has been brought to a halt,” said Kganyago. A female private practice lawyer, *Kgothatso Riba, 59, told Health-e News that she was about ten people away from getting her jab at a retail pharmacy in Polokwane when the doors were closed in front of her. Riba said there was a sense of panic among residents who had seen photos and videos of the chaos caused by looters in Kwa-Zulu Natal and Gauteng. “Most shops started
