State extends Covid-19 jabs drive
GOVERNMENT has extend ed the Covid-19 vaccina tion campaign for five more days.
The campaign, being spearheaded by the minis tries of Health as well as Lo cal Government and Rural Development, is expected to end on Monday May 30.
Acting Minister of Health Charles Milupi said this extension was due to the overwhelming response throughout the country.
He said the extension will provide an opportunity for those not yet vaccinated to do so.
Mr Milupi said the two ministries will work through all the stakeholders who have been supportive throughout the campaign to get more people vaccinated.
He said the government remains committed to en suring universal health cov erage by leaving no one behind.
Mr Milupi said Govern ment is very pleased by the positive response to the Cov id-19 vaccination campaign. He said over a million dos es have been administered
in the last 10 days of which about 436, 000 were among new vaccinations.
He said the vaccination coverage of those fully vac cinated now stands at 28.2 percent.
“This has been made pos sible by the robust support from countless stakehold ers representing the various sectors including the health workers, the religious lead ers, our royal highnesses the Chiefs and their headmen and women, Members of Parliament, Mayors, Ward Councillors, the non-gov ernmental organisations and civil society.
“I wish to isolate the healthcare workers who have exceeded the expec tations of the Ministry of Health management in their hard work and diligent per formance while executing this assignment in the midst of other emerging diseases,” Mr Milupi said.