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KADOMA TO PUBLICLY ADMINISTER COVID-19 VACCINES

- Lovemore Chazingwa in KADOMA

KADOMA City has received over a thousand jabs of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine, health authoritie­s told H-Metro.

Kadoma General Hospital Medical Superinten­dent Dr Kudzaishe Masendeke said they received the vaccine on Friday and had started administer­ing it.

Sanyati District Medical Officer Dr Nobert Munosiyeyi also confirmed receipt of the allocation.

“We got about 1 100 doses. We should start administer­ing it tomorrow (today) since today (Monday), is a holiday,” said Dr Munosiyeyi over the phone.

The city has come up with a programme to encourage residents to embrace the vaccine.

Health director Dr Daniel Chirundu explained: “We want to launch it publicly tomorrow (today) or Wednesday.

“It’s being proposed that influentia­l people in town — directors, business, civil servants among others — be vaccinated publicly at Cameroon Square.”

Cameroon Square is the heart of Kadoma’s central business district (CBD).

?? ?? ZVIMBA District Medical Officer Dr Terrence Dandazi receives his jab at Banket District Hospital yesterday morning
ZVIMBA District Medical Officer Dr Terrence Dandazi receives his jab at Banket District Hospital yesterday morning
?? ?? SISTER Rachel Muzhizhizh­i gives Covid-19 vaccinatio­n education to health workers before vaccinatio­n at Murambinda Mission Hospital. Buhera District Medical Officer, Dr Shelton Kwiri, led staff in the Covid-19 vaccinatio­n roll-out campaign
SISTER Rachel Muzhizhizh­i gives Covid-19 vaccinatio­n education to health workers before vaccinatio­n at Murambinda Mission Hospital. Buhera District Medical Officer, Dr Shelton Kwiri, led staff in the Covid-19 vaccinatio­n roll-out campaign
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CHITUNGWIZ­A received 1 000 doses and here, Chitungwiz­a Municipali­ty Director of Health and Environmen­tal Services, Dr Kasu gets vaccinated at Seke South Clinic
?? ?? THE Health Services Board (HSB) chairperso­n Dr Paulinus Sikhosana receives his jab at United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) yesterday morning
THE Health Services Board (HSB) chairperso­n Dr Paulinus Sikhosana receives his jab at United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) yesterday morning
?? ?? DR Maxwell Hove, a director in the Ministry of Health and Child Care, was the first person to receive the Covid-19 vaccine at Chinhoyi Provincial Hospital yesterday morning
DR Maxwell Hove, a director in the Ministry of Health and Child Care, was the first person to receive the Covid-19 vaccine at Chinhoyi Provincial Hospital yesterday morning

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