Volunteers Tackle COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in South Africa

JOHANNESBURG - Despite COVID-19 vaccine being available to all South African adults, uptake remains low with just 20% of adults having received a first dose. 

The Muslim Association of South Africa is one of many groups combatting vaccine hesitancy by delivering shots to doorsteps.  Dawn Crotz received her Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine from a paramedic in the comfort of her south Johannesburg home. While the vaccine has been available to the 64-year-old since April, Crotz said rumors about the side effects made her hesitate. But the reality of the deadly virus changed her mind.