President Bio gets first jab as Sierra Leone rolls out Covid-19 vaccination
Thursday March 18 2021
President Julius Maada Bio gets a Covid-19 jab as Sierra Leone rolls out its Covid-19 vaccination on March 15, 2021. PHOTO | COURTESY | STATE HOUSE COMMUNICATIONS UNIT
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President Julius Maada Bio became the first person to be vaccinated in Sierra Leone as the country rolled out its Covid-19 vaccination programme on Monday.
President Bio was inoculated at a special ceremony at State House in Freetown, alongside the country’s Vice President, Dr Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh, and other top government officials, including Cabinet ministers and lawmakers.
At the start of the ceremony, President Bio said he was the first in the country to get the jab so as to encourage citizens to get vaccinated.