MOH sets 14th May for Covid 19 vaccination campaign relaunch

The ministry of health has announced that it will relaunch the covid-19 vaccination campaign on 14th may, 2022 with the aim of increasing the vaccination coverage from the current 22 percent to 70 percent across the country by the end of june 2022.

giving an update on the covid-19 situation as well as other health matters, health minister Sylvia Masebo reiterated that the country is covid-19 vaccine secure.

She has however, bemoaned the low uptake of the vaccines by members of the public.

Ms Masebo says the serious decline in the numbers of people going for vaccinations is what has prompted the ministry to relaunch the vaccination drive.

And Ms Masebo says the country in the last 24-hours recorded 73 new covid 19 cases out of 1,904 tests conducted with one admission, bringing the total number of current active cases to 567.

On the influenza outbreak, the minister says those that tested positive where also screened for covid-19 and all the tests came out negative.

She adds that the country currently has no other disease outbreaks as cholera, Bilharzia and other diseases that were detected have been contained.