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On March 2, 2021, the Minister of Health shared a statement with the media and the general public announcing a number of activities around the mass immunization of Ugandans and foreigners aged 18 years and above against the deadly Covid-19 disease.
We applaud the Government of Uganda upon this achievement and we are proud of the Ministry of Health for staying the course and for sharing an elaborate plan of how the vaccines will be distributed, with whom, when and how, among other logistical concerns.
However, a few things stick out for me and if these are not adequately answered are likely to cause a stampede and the corruption that comes with these, as has been seen in the past.
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What you should know about Covid-19 vaccine
Friday March 12 2021
A health worker administers AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine to Health Minister, Dr Jane Ruth Aceng, at Mulago Women’s Specialised Hospital in Kampala on March 10, 2021. PHOTO | KELVIN ATUHAIRE
Summary
Uganda opted for the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine from the Serum Institute of India because the vaccine technology has been tested for more than a century and the vaccine fridges in our health facilities meet the storage temperature requirements of 2 – 8 degrees centigrade.
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How does the vaccine protect against Covid-19?
Inactivated or weakened virus vaccines use a form of the virus that has been inactivated or weakened so it doesn’t cause disease, but still generates an immune response.
Ugandan Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng receives a COVID-19 vaccine injection as the first person in the country s inoculation campaign. Healthcare workers have received the AstraZeneca jabs as part of a phased rollout.
Uganda launched its mass COVID-19 vaccination program on Wednesday, joining a host of countries in Africa to initiate the inoculations.
Minister of Health Jane Ruth Aceng received her jab in front of media cameras at Mulago Hospital in Kampala, confirming that the East African country would be administering the AstraZeneca vaccines.
The minister noted that Uganda aims to vaccinate at least 49.6% of its population 21,936,011 with COVID 19 vaccines in different phases.