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Lack of transparency from the government on its plans to the plans to secure the Covid-19 vaccine is a cause of concern that may affect uptake, commentators have said.
According to scientists, vaccinating a significant proportion of the population is the ‘only realistic way’ to defeat the Covid-19 pandemic that has wreaked havoc locally and globally.
In Zimbabwe, the government recently announced it will avail US$100 million from its coffers and other support structures for the purchase of 20 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines to be used for vaccinating over 60 percent of the population.
This announcement followed an address on the national lockdown by Vice president and Health and Child Care Minister, Constantino Chiwenga, that the government would soon bring in Covid-19 vaccines, with a roll-out plan and a deployment strategy underway.
USA TODAY
In late December, the idea that safe, effective vaccines against COVID-19 had been created in less than a year seemed miraculous – a triumph of science and American ingenuity.
It took only six weeks to tarnish that image.
Pride in the remarkable feat has been replaced by confusion, accusations of unfairness, frustrating waits and the nightmare of vaccine vials gathering dust while tens of thousands of people die of what is now a preventable disease.
Even people leading the effort are at a loss to explain how and why things took such a bad turn so fast. I would love to understand it, said Moncef Slaoui, head of the vaccine development effort under the Trump administration and an adviser to the Biden administration.