Zanzibar starts vaccinating with Sinovac doses
Saturday July 17 2021
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Zanzibar started its Covid-19 vaccination campaign last week using the Sinovac brand.
Omar Dadi Shajak, permanent secretary at Zanzibar’s Ministry of Health said the vaccines were initially meant for the aborted Haj pilgrims.
The first batch of vaccines is expected from Covax.
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Zanzibar started its Covid-19 vaccination campaign last week using the Sinovac brand, two months ahead of Mainland Tanzania where vaccination is planned to take off in September or October. The exercise targets frontline workers first.
Omar Dadi Shajak, permanent secretary at Zanzibar’s Ministry of Health said the vaccines were initially meant for the aborted Haj pilgrims. He did not give details of when the consignment arrived or how it was acquired but said the second dose will be administered in two weeks’ time.
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Human errors contribute to 85 pc of marine accidents - TASAC
TANZANIA Shipping Agencies Corporation (TASAC) has said that human errors contribute to over 85 per cent of all marine accidents taking place in oceans and lakes are caused mainly by language barriers.
TASAC maritime services and training manager Iroga Nashon said that recently in Dar es Salaam to members of media outlets.
He said that language barriers between the liner’s captains sailing their cargo or tankers liners are said to have contributed to the avoidable accidents taking place in the country’s ports.
“Negligence and language between ship’s captains is one of the big challenges contributing to ongoing accidents in the ocean and lakes. There is a need for our local captains to increase their language capacity,” he said.
Poverty is higher in rural areas, with 31 per cent of the population living below the poverty line, and depending on livestock, food crop production and fisheries for their livelihood.