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To: Department of Health and The Coronavirus Command Council
#EqualAccessToVaccination
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"The Department of Health must ensure that everyone presenting himself/herself for vaccination should be able to get vaccinated, regardless of whether he/she has an ID number or other papers. The Department of Health must guarantee that no one getting a vaccine is reported to law enforcement or Home Affairs and faces deportation."
Why is this important?
1. Covid-19 affects and impacts everyone’s life equally regardless of nationality and documentation status.
2. South African Constitution section 27 (1) (3) states that "Everyone has the right to have access to— (a) health care services, including reproductive health care; No one may be refused emergency medical treatment.
3. CoRMSA strongly believes that asylum seekers, refugees and all migrants in South Africa are part of the South African community, hence, they must be included in the vaccination process.
4. Exclusion of the above group of people will contradict section 9 (3) of the South African constitution which states that "The state may not unfairly discriminate directly or indirectly against anyone on one or more grounds, including race, gender, sex, pregnancy, marital status, ethnic or social origin, colour, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, conscience, belief, culture, language and birth".
5. An injury to one is an injury to all.
2. South African Constitution section 27 (1) (3) states that "Everyone has the right to have access to— (a) health care services, including reproductive health care; No one may be refused emergency medical treatment.
3. CoRMSA strongly believes that asylum seekers, refugees and all migrants in South Africa are part of the South African community, hence, they must be included in the vaccination process.
4. Exclusion of the above group of people will contradict section 9 (3) of the South African constitution which states that "The state may not unfairly discriminate directly or indirectly against anyone on one or more grounds, including race, gender, sex, pregnancy, marital status, ethnic or social origin, colour, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, conscience, belief, culture, language and birth".
5. An injury to one is an injury to all.
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