Mariah Carey is doing her bit to encourage others to get vaccinated by sharing a video of herself having her first dose of the COIVID-19 vaccine.
The 52-year-old superstar shared a video on Instagram over the weekend of herself getting the jab saying, "I'm excited and nervous a little bit about getting this shot," seconds before a health care worker did the deed.
Carey hit one of her famous high notes as she was injected, captioning the post, "Vaccine side effect: G6." Despite having a bit of fun during the session, her message throughout was one of sincerley encouraging others to get vaccinated.
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Meanwhile, South Africans will have to exercise patience, continue to ‘mask up”, stay socially distant and keep washing those hands, it looks like it is going to be a long while before the vaccine roll out reaches phase two.
But the message is clear from those in the seat of power, “Vaccines offer to the peoples of the world a means to control the coronavirus pandemic. A person who is vaccinated has a much-reduced chance of becoming ill and dying from COVID-19." President Cyril Ramaphosa.