All Ugandans will have a chance to be vaccinated against the deadly global-novel Covid-19 pandemic , Information Minister Judith Nabakooba has said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In her weekly media briefing , the Minister condemned international media that is mocking Uganda\u2019s efforts to stem the spread of the coronavirus and largely has helped to keep the pandemic at bay .<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cUganda has had one of the most successful COVID-19 interventions world over. Our strategy could be slow at the beginning, but it is consistent and efficient,\u201d Nabakooba stated ,adding that at the end, all Ugandans will be vaccinated .<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Throughout our work,\u00a0 we have demonstrated that money is not always the defining factor. \u201cFor one to appreciate our COVID-19 vaccination strategy, they must understand where we started. Before the country registered its first COVID-19 case, we had already put in place a number of preventive measures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Over the years, Uganda has consistently demonstrated local successes against major outbreaks such as Ebola and HIV,\u201d she explained .<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nabakooba added; \u201cAs a country we therefore demand that for those who choose to tell our stories, they must do so in an informed and objective manner.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Ministry of health has been vaccinating high risk categories of people around the country and at least more than 40,000 people mainly health workers, teachers and those above the age of 70 years have been vaccinated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Health experts have explained that although the vaccine is not meant to stop one from contracting the virus, it helps to reduce severe effects and even death incase one got infected with the virus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
PLE Exams<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Minister said that an estimated 750,000 pupils will sit for their PLE exams on Tuesday and Wednesday and the number is more than those who sat last year by about 54,000 candidates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis again is a demonstration that COVID-19 has not prevented our children from finishing their primary education.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" All Ugandans will have a chance to be vaccinated against the deadly global-novel Covid-19 pandemic , Information Minister Judith Nabakooba<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2902,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[65,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news","category-health"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/nab.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2984,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/more-ugandans-with-underlying-conditions-now-allowed-to-vaccinate-against-covid-19\/","url_meta":{"origin":2901,"position":0},"title":"MORE UGANDANS WITH UNDERLYING CONDITIONS NOW ALLOWED TO VACCINATE AGAINST COVID-19","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"April 11, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"The Ministry of Health has \u00a0increased the bracket of those eligible for vaccination to include people who are \u00a050 years plus and Ugandans\u00a0 between the ages of 18 years and 50 \u00a0who have underlying conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, liver, heart or kidney diseases . 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