President Cyril Ramaphosa receives the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine at Khayelitsha District Hospital near Cape Town. Picture: Gianluigi Guercia / Pool via Reuters
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As jubilation and cheer abounded on Wednesday when the country marked the first day of the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out for healthcare workers, the event was also a sobering reminder of the sacrifice and loss that front-line workers have endured at the hands of the pandemic.
Just a month ago, Dr Onicca Khobo Mpe, an anaesthetist at Steve Biko Academic Hospital, tragically lost both her parents to the virus.
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