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2021-05-12 16:05:22 GMT2021-05-13 00:05:22(Beijing Time) Xinhua English LUSAKA, May 12 (Xinhua) China has offered to provide Zambia Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines towards the southern African nation s vaccination program, a senior government official said on Wednesday. Minister of Health Jonas Chanda said the Chinese vaccine which was recently approved by the World Health Organization (WHO) for emergency use was safe and efficacious. He said in a release that there has been an increased number of people getting the vaccine since the launch of the program last month with 90,916 people vaccinated so far. This is clear evidence that Zambians have accepted the COVID-19 vaccination program and discarded the various myths, misinformation and conspiracy theories, he said. ....
Minister of Health Jonas Chanda has launched the programme to construct John Laing mini hospital aimed at taking health services closer to the people of Kanyama area. Dr. Chanda noted that the construction of John Laing mini hospital is one of government’s promises and commitments to achieving universal health coverage through equity of access to cost effective and quality health care services. He said John Laing mini hospital is among the 108 mini hospitals that the government has planned to construct across the country. Dr. Chanda further said once completed, John Laing mini hospital will decongest Kanyama level one hospital. ....
2021-05-04 15:55:33 GMT2021-05-04 23:55:33(Beijing Time) Xinhua English LUSAKA, May 4 (Xinhua) The Zambia government on Tuesday assured women in the country that there are no negative effects on their fertility if they take the COVID-19 vaccine, calling on them to disregard myths in this regard and be active in getting vaccinated instead. Minister of Health Jonas Chanda said out of 51,784 people who have been vaccinated since the launch of the vaccination program last month, only 37 percent were women. We are aware of the concerns of our nursing mothers and those planning pregnancy that the vaccine affects the breastfeeding children and fertility respectively, said the official, who suggested that women should disregard myths that the vaccine could affect the breastfeeding children and deter their fertility. ....
Minister of Health Jonas Chanda has announced that an additional 3,847 doses of both the AstraZeneca and Sinopharm vaccines were administered in the last 24 hrs that included 2,559 and 1,288 doses respectively, bringing the cumulative number of vaccinated persons to 43,147. “Today marks day 18 since the national launch of the vaccination programme and it is encouraging to note that we have vaccinated 43,147 people with an increasing upward trajectory. It is gratifying that the Zambian people have come to accept and understand the importance of the COVID-19 Vaccines,” he added. In a statement issued to the media yesterday, Dr. Chanda who reiterated his call on everyone to get vaccinated, said currently the Country has 236 vaccination sites with 21 sites in Lusaka, 12 in Muchinga, 30 in the Northern, 11 in North-western, 31 in Eastern, 30 in Central, 27 in Luapula, 35 on the Copperbelt, 30 in Western and nine in Southern province. ....