--- title: Online registrations for COVID-19 kick up a notch | ITWeb description: The number of healthcare workers that have already registered for the COVID-19 vaccine via the online registration portal nears 800 000, the health department tells Parliament. image: https://hubspot.obscuretech.net/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/F7P0WOY1loppYm_Vws7t04MxA95L1qoQcBJwGKcuZK-mI_Zqjqdm6UxGFqcwdizF-qqHnXOMCn1RinE7swomlxiC0kMTRoXJej0W=w816-h428.jpeg --- [![vast.png](https://hubspot.obscuretech.net/hs-fs/hubfs/ObscureLogo-02.png?width=1000&height=354&name=ObscureLogo-02.png "vast.png")](http://www.obscuretech.net) Open main menu Close main menu - [Technology Partners](https://obscuretech-6344971.hs-sites.com/technology-partners) Open the submenu - [BeyondTrust](https://obscuretech-6344971.hs-sites.com/beyondtrust) - [Cybereason](https://obscuretech-6344971.hs-sites.com/cybereason) - [Forescout](https://obscuretech-6344971.hs-sites.com/forescout) - [Gytpol](https://obscuretech-6344971.hs-sites.com/gytpol) - [Netskope](https://obscuretech-6344971.hs-sites.com/netskope) - [OKTA](https://obscuretech-6344971.hs-sites.com/okta) - [OneTrust](https://obscuretech-6344971.hs-sites.com/onetrust) - [Palo Alto Networks](https://obscuretech-6344971.hs-sites.com/palo-alto-networks) - [Pentera](https://obscuretech-6344971.hs-sites.com/pentera) - [Proofpoint](https://obscuretech-6344971.hs-sites.com/proofpoint) - [Radware](https://obscuretech-6344971.hs-sites.com/radware) - [RiskIQ](https://obscuretech-6344971.hs-sites.com/riskiq) - [Rubrik](https://obscuretech-6344971.hs-sites.com/rubrik) - [Splunk](https://obscuretech-6344971.hs-sites.com/splunk) - [Tenable](https://obscuretech-6344971.hs-sites.com/tenable) - [Trend Micro](https://obscuretech-6344971.hs-sites.com/trend-micro) - [Obscure Blog](https://hubspot.obscuretech.net/blog) - [About Us](https://obscuretech-6344971.hs-sites.com/about-us) - [Contact Us](https://obscuretech-6344971.hs-sites.com/contact-us) # Online registrations for COVID-19 kick up a notch [ITWeb](https://hubspot.obscuretech.net/blog/author/itweb) [Share this blog post on Twitter](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=I+found+this+interesting+blog+post&url=https://hubspot.obscuretech.net/blog/office/obscuretechnologies/content/jn1gpvoy3vymjl6m) [Share this blog post on Facebook](http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://hubspot.obscuretech.net/blog/office/obscuretechnologies/content/jn1gpvoy3vymjl6m) [Share this blog post on LinkedIn](http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://hubspot.obscuretech.net/blog/office/obscuretechnologies/content/jn1gpvoy3vymjl6m) ![](https://hubspot.obscuretech.net/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/F7P0WOY1loppYm_Vws7t04MxA95L1qoQcBJwGKcuZK-mI_Zqjqdm6UxGFqcwdizF-qqHnXOMCn1RinE7swomlxiC0kMTRoXJej0W=w816-h428.jpeg) ![](https://hubspot.obscuretech.net/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/F7P0WOY1loppYm_Vws7t04MxA95L1qoQcBJwGKcuZK-mI_Zqjqdm6UxGFqcwdizF-qqHnXOMCn1RinE7swomlxiC0kMTRoXJej0W.jpeg) As at 30 March, the national Department of Health’s [online system](https://vaccine.enroll.health.gov.za/#/) to register for the COVID-19 vaccine had already amassed 775 912 registrations. This was the update provided by the department during its presentation to Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Health. It was updating Parliament on the latest timelines for the vaccination rollout programme. South Africa is currently in phase one of its COVID-19 vaccination strategy, which targets to vaccinate just over 41 million of the country’s population by February 2022. As part of this first phase, only healthcare workers are allowed to self-register for their vaccine via the electronic ELECTRONIC [![](https://hubspot.obscuretech.net/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/SqwidNet-logo_xl-Sep-18-2023-05-20-42-3629-PM.gif)](http://adx.itweb.co.za/adclick.php?bannerid=27047&zoneid=0&source=&dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sqwidnet.com%2F&ismap=) [Driving innovation through IoT. Sqwidnet can give you the tools to bring your ideas to life. 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Presenting to MPs, Dr Aquina Thulare, health department technical adviser, revealed that a total of 775 912 healthcare workers (health professionals and patient-facing) have registered through the EVDS. “Gauteng, Western Cape and KZN \[KwaZulu-Natal\] have got the highest number of healthcare workers.” ##### See also ## [Online COVID-19 vaccine register for healthcare workers opens](https://hubspot.obscuretech.net/content/nWJadMbeJYO7bjO1) ## [SA to use barcodes to track and trace COVID-19 vaccines](https://hubspot.obscuretech.net/content/Kjlyrvw1Z1LMk6am) In terms of the number of individuals vaccinated to date, 244 907 healthcare workers have been vaccinated, said Thulare. “Gauteng has the highest number of healthcare workers who have received the vaccine, followed by KZN and Western Cape. Of these vaccinations, we still have around 6 875 vaccinations that were completed manually that still have to be captured CAPTURED [![](https://hubspot.obscuretech.net/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/gen2software-logo_xl-Sep-18-2023-05-20-10-4542-PM.gif)](http://adx.itweb.co.za/adclick.php?bannerid=26419&zoneid=0&source=&dest=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gen2sa.co.za%2F&ismap=) [Better productivity. Faster capturing. 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