Conspiracy theories might derail Covid-19 vaccination programme
January 17, 2021 in Local, News
BY LORRAINE MUROMO
Government has announced that it is in the process of crafting policies regarding the rolling out of Covid-19 vaccines to fight the spread of the coronavirus that has been wreaking havoc across the globe.
This comes at a time Britain has offered to vaccinate 20% of the country’s population against the Covid-19 pandemic, starting with the most vulnerable three million people in the country. British ambassador to Zimbabwe Melanie Robinson disclosed this during a courtesy call on Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga recently.
Chiwenga on Friday said government was being cautious in its vaccination policy as experts call on government to inoculate at least 10 million people so as to create a buffer of continued infection.
Print this page HARARE - Public health experts in Zimbabwe are condemning remarks by the country’s defense minister who accused China of botched experiments as responsible for the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic ravaging the world. President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government has since distanced itself from the accusations made in a tearful interview as the defense minister mourned a fellow minister lost to COVID-19 on Friday. The minister also said she would only take a COVID-19 vaccine if it is developed in Zimbabwe.
Zhao Baogang, deputy Chinese ambassador to Zimbabwe, Sunday said the embassy would only comment on the accusations by Defense Minister Oppah Muchinguri in the coming week after reaching Beijing as it was a “sensitive issue.”
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