{"id":5157,"date":"2021-10-01T16:40:02","date_gmt":"2021-10-01T23:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedaily.ca\/news\/?p=5157"},"modified":"2021-10-01T16:45:00","modified_gmt":"2021-10-01T23:45:00","slug":"first-south-african-nurse-to-be-vaccinated-has-passed-away-at-the-age-of-64","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedaily.ca\/news\/2021\/10\/01\/first-south-african-nurse-to-be-vaccinated-has-passed-away-at-the-age-of-64\/","title":{"rendered":"First South African nurse to be vaccinated has passed away at the age of 64."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.27.4&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]Iris Adams the first South African nurse to be vaccinated has passed away at the age of 64. Iris Adams death came as a shock after getting vaccinated in February and she has been described to have died of Covid-19 on September 18, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Her obituary notice was announced on social media. According to an annonymous facebook user, he pen down a tribute note to honor the passing of Iris Adams who has served the public for over 40 years.<\/p>\n<p>He says, <em>\u201cIt is with great sadness that we announce the death of Mrs. Iris Adams. She has been a loyal public servant for over 43 years. She was born on 28 September 1956 and started her nursing career on 1 January 1978. She worked at Karl Bremer Hospital since 01 May 1997.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Adams was seen on video in February shortly after getting vaccinated stating that she was feeling fine and encouraging other to take that jab.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_video _builder_version=&#8221;4.11.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; title_text=&#8221;22C41248-37E9-4B44-8F4F-3EAAD32699F0&#8243; src=&#8221;https:\/\/thedaily.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/10\/FullSizeRender.mov&#8221; image_src=&#8221;https:\/\/thedaily.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/10\/22C41248-37E9-4B44-8F4F-3EAAD32699F0.jpeg&#8221;][\/et_pb_video][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iris Adams the first South African nurse to be vaccinated has passed away at the age of 64. Iris Adams death came as a shock after getting vaccinated in February and she has been described to have died of Covid-19 on September 18, 2021. Her obituary notice was announced on social media. According to an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5156,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<p>Iris Adams the first South African nurse to be vaccinated has passed away at the age of 64. Iris Adams death came as a shock after getting vaccinated in February and she has been described to have died of Covid-19 on September 18, 2021.<\/p><p>Her obituary notice was announced on social media. According to an annonymous facebook user, he pen down a tribute note to honor the passing of Iris Adams who has served the public for over 40 years.<\/p><p>He says, <em>\u201cIt is with great sadness that we announce the death of Mrs. Iris Adams. She has been a loyal public servant for over 43 years. She was born on 28 September 1956 and started her nursing career on 1 January 1978. She worked at Karl Bremer Hospital since 01 May 1997.<\/em><\/p><p>Adams was seen on video in February shortly after getting vaccinated stating that she was feeling fine and encouraging other to take that jab.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>","_et_gb_content_width":"","cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_glsr_average":0,"_glsr_ranking":0,"_glsr_reviews":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,8,1,43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-covid19","category-general-news","category-uncategorized","category-vaccines","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<title>First South African nurse to be vaccinated has passed away at the age of 64. - The Daily News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thedaily.ca\/news\/2021\/10\/01\/first-south-african-nurse-to-be-vaccinated-has-passed-away-at-the-age-of-64\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"First South African nurse to be vaccinated has passed away at the age of 64. - The Daily News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Iris Adams the first South African nurse to be vaccinated has passed away at the age of 64. 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