Government has today Monday kicked off mass vaccination exercise of Covid-19.
The exercise is taking place at Kololo Independence Grounds and it will be running from 9am to 5pm daily.
The Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary Dr Diana Atwine the vaccination will no longer be held at the Ministry’s headquarters with effect from 31st May, 2021.
“This is to inform all eligible persons i.e health workers l, security personnel, teachers, people aged 50 and above and those aged between 18-50 with co-morbidities to take note of the changes,” Dr Atwine said in a statement on Sunday.
“All other vaccination centers will continue operating as usual.”
The Ministry’s move follows President Yoweri Museveni’s Saturday address where he reiterated that vaccination was the major way to go if Uganda was to defeat the pandemic.
“The situation is not yet dire. If we behave, we may be able to manage it. For most of the country, there is no Corona. There are areas where cases have not been reported. The whole of the western region has very few cases. The Covid-19 problem is majorly in Kampala and Wakiso. This is because they do not listen. If you are out of Kampala and Wakiso, try to stay where you are. Avoid the capital,” Museveni said.
“Today, I am here to alert you about the COVID-19 situation in the country. We are going to have a task force meeting on Wednesday to fully discuss how we can handle the situation.We bought 964,000 AstraZeneca vaccines and 581,000 have been vaccinated so far,” he added.
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