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The U.S. expects to have enough vaccine to meet demand by May despite a planned pause in the use of Johnson & Johnson’s shot pending a review of rare blood clots. J&J said it’s delaying its rollout in Europe.
10 Apr 2021 / 08:49 H. LUSAKA, March 25 (Reuters) - Zambia announced plans on Thursday to vaccinate all people over 18, or 46% of the 18.3 million population, against COVID-19 as it prepares for a third wave of the pandemic. The southern African country has registered more than 87,000 cases of COVID-19 and the death toll from the disease is more than 1,000. Health Minister Jonas Chanda said health workers, the police, security officers, teachers and the clergy would be among those given priority in the vaccination campaign. Cross-border traders, bus and truck drivers, and people over 65 - in...
2021-04-09 13:55:44 GMT2021-04-09 21:55:44(Beijing Time) Xinhua English LUSAKA, April 9 (Xinhua) -- The first batch of the COVID-19 vaccine will arrive in Zambia next week, the country's Ministry of Health said Friday. The first consignment under the COVAX Facility consisting of 228,000 doses of AstraZeneca manufactured in India will arrive Monday, on April 12. "This is only one of the COVID-19 vaccines in the basket as approved by Cabinet and this will be done in a cautious and phased-up manner and on a pilot and voluntary basis," Health Minister Jonas Chanda said in a ministerial sta...
L-r: Former Health minister Brian Chituwo, former Livestock minister Bradford Machila and former High Commissioner to United Kingdom Bizwayo Nkunika at Mulungushi Conference Centre during the Levy Mwanawasa memorial lecture on August 18, 2018 – Picture by Tenson Mkhala FORMER health minister Dr Brain Chituwo has advised government to undertake a pilot study of the COVID-19 vaccine AstraZeneca before rolling out the project in Zambia. On March 25, 2021, Health Minister Dr Jonas Chanda announced that government had settled for the AstraZeneca and Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccines. Comm...
Minister of Health, Jonas Chanda says Zambia is fortunate to have maintained a positivity rate of below 5 percent for the past two weeks as the COVID pandemic has continued to upset the world, with countries in Asia and Europe continuing to contribute the largest numbers of daily new COVID – 19 cases. He said the country recorded a lower 3 percent of the total number of people tested for COVID this week as compared to last week’s 4 percent. However, Dr. Chanda appealed to Zambians to remain cautious and continue to encourage adherence to the COVID prevention guidelines and other public he...