South Sudan is looking to dispose of 60,000 expired doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine. The rollout of the vaccines has been hampered by public scepticism, a health ministry official said Monday. The African telecommunications company MTN and the African Union donated the vaccines late last month. “When it reached here, we later discovered that the (remaining) lifespan of this vaccine ...
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Later today, the Republic of Uganda will begin the first phase of the Coronavirus vaccination. It will begin with the health workers at Mulago National Referral Hospital and Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital. The Health Minister, Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng said in an interview with journalists that initial doses will go to the most vulnerable. This is because they face a ...
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However much the vaccination is to begin on March 10th, the government is set to launch the activities later today. The launch will involve a subsequent distribution of the vaccine to different parts of the country. Many myths about the vaccine have moved around over time. However, despite all these myths, the Ministry of Health National Taskforce kicked off an ...
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