Dr Faisal underlines significance of vaccination
Islamabad
April 27, 2021
Islamabad : The World Immunisation Week reminds us of our responsibility in taking action to bring the benefits of immunisation to all. I urge all parents to get their children vaccinated. When people ensure that their families and communities are protected with vaccines, we are all protected together.
The PM’s Special Assistant on Health Dr. Faisal Sultan expressed these views while addressing an event marking the opening of World Immunisation week, which is being commemorated this year with the theme “Vaccines bring us closer.” Every year, WIW is celebrated in the last week of April (24 to 30 April) to promote the use of vaccines to protect people of all ages against infectious diseases. Vaccines save millions of lives every year and are widely recognized as one of the world’s most successful and cost-effective health interventions.
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Iraq: Coronavirus Disease 2021 (COVID-19) - Weekly Situation Report (Week 14) (05 April to 11 April 2021)
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Iraq continues to record a sustained increase in the number of COVID-19 cases across all Governorates, a rising trend that surpassed those recorded at the same period in 2020. This is concerning because Intensive Care Unit beds continue filling up faster in many governorates since the increase in COVID-19 cases started in early 2021, limiting access for people with other health conditions.
During Week 14, Iraq MOH reported 43 848 new cases of COVID19 infections, up from 41 140 in Week13, representing 6.2% increase. There is no significant difference in the mortality numbers in Week 14 (250) compared to Week 13, where 251 people died due to COVID-19, which could be associated with the ongoing COVID-19 vaccinations campaign countrywide.
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A management consultant, Mr Ishmael Yamson, has entreated the government not to depend solely on donors and bilateral and multilateral benevolence for vaccines to protect the citizens against COVID-19.
He opined that resources to fund the procurement and deployment of the first consignment of COVID-19 vaccines must come from domestic sources and not borrowed funds.
According to him, the country needed “to demonstrate that we are ready to help ourselves” before calling for external support.
Mr Yamson, who is the Executive Chairman of Ishmael Yamson and Associates, told the Daily Graphic in an interview in Accra that using tax revenue to fund the vaccines would ensure flexibility in the receipt and usage of the consignment at a time when there was a global scramble for the vaccines.