MTN is the latest to join a growing list of companies that have made vaccination mandatory, following President Cyril Ramaphosa’s latest weekly newsletter, which notes, that South Africa is grappling with new daily infections not seen since the pandemic started.
In his weekly newsletter, President Ramaphosa further elaborated, “nearly a quarter of all Covid-19 tests now come back positive. Compare this to two weeks ago, when the proportion of positive tests was sitting at around 2%,” Ramaphosa wrote.
“As we enter the fourth wave, and as the country gears up for the festive season, the urgent priority is for more people to get vaccinated. Scientific evidence shows that vaccination is the most effective means of preventing the spread of new infections, and that vaccines reduce severe illness, hospitalisation and death.
“South Africa now has sufficient supplies of vaccines and we have vaccine stations set up in every part of the country. As every day passes, and as infections rise, the reasons to get vaccinated become more compelling and the need becomes ever more urgent,”
MTN’s vaccine mandate for staff is set to commence in January 2022.
The mobile-network operator MTN, said employees who refuse to take the vaccine without a valid reason, will be fired.
MTN group president and chief executive Ralph Mupita, said, MTN carries the responsibility to ensure its workplaces are guided by the highest standards of health and safety, “and that has informed our decision to make Covid-19 vaccination mandatory for our staff”, added Mupita.
Sources: Mail and Guardian
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