The Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary Dr. Diana Atwine has asked the eligible sections of the population that have already been identified to access the vaccine to respect the government’s call and ensure that they get vaccinated.
Dr. Atwine was receiving a donation of PCR coronavirus test machines worth over Shs1bn from the Private Sector Foundation and MasterCard Foundation to help the ministry of health leverage the COVID-19 testing across the country.
The Private sector Foundation is Uganda’s umbrella body for the private sector made up of 240 Business Associations, Corporate bodies and the major Public Sector Agencies that support private sector growth.
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Despite a sore arm, Jemimah Katama, a nurse, is delighted to have received a COVID-19 vaccine.
As lead coordinator at Kenyatta National Hospital’s Infection Prevention and Control department, she knows better than most how important the immunization can be.
“My decision to get the vaccine today is to give others the confidence that it is safe,” Katama says.
She was among the first to receive one of more than a million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine procured and distributed in Kenya by UNICEF as part of the COVAX Facility.
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‘Media staff are regarded as frontline workers. They will be prioritized in this priority list for vaccination.”
There have been worries over the upcoming vaccination exercise, which had excluded journalists who have been at the front in the fight.
This is after the 24
th February letter, from the National Association of Broadcaster Chairperson Kin Karis to the Prime Minister raising concerns over the same.
The Association asked the government to consider prioritizing journalists in the first phase of vaccination.