Suburban
President Mnangagwa has urged the nation to get vaccinated against Covid-19 calling on all eligible adults to have a community responsibility to protect others.
Suburban Reporter
The President’s call comes in the wake of efforts aimed at having at least 60 percent of Zimbabwe’s population vaccinated to achieve herd immunity.
Residents in Harare and across the country have been thronging vaccination centres in their neighbourhoods to get the life-saving jabs.
And the President says the citizens should continue getting the jabs.
“As I conclude I would like to remind the nation that the Covid-19 pandemic is still with us. We continue to see increasing numbers of both new infections and mortalities. I urge the nation to observe more religiously, the WHO public health guidelines and the enhanced lockdown measures.
“Most importantly, I want to acknowledge the ongoing positive results to the National Vaccination Programme. Eligible adults must continue to go out and get vaccinated. You have a responsibility to your families, your communities and our great country to protect yourselves from the Covid-19 pandemic.
“My Government has made available adequate resources to guarantee the availability of vaccine doses,” the President said while speaking at the burial of National Heroes Cdes Edzai Chimonyo and Michael Chakabva at the National Heroes Acre in Harare and Cde Abraham Nkiwane in Umguza.
As of July 12, 2020 a total of 926 312 people had received their first dose of the vaccines while 605 556 had received their second dose. Ministry of Health statistics show that Zimbabwe has recorded 70 426 cumulative cases since the first Covid-19 infection last year with 46 932 recoveries and a total of 2 236 deaths.
