Vaccination against COVID-19 to start on March 10
Mar 02, 2021
Aceng told journalists on Tuesday that the first batch (864,000 doses) of the Astra Zeneca vaccine will arrive on Friday and the vaccination exercise will start on March 10.

Vaccination against COVID-19 to start on March 10
Betty Amamukirori
Journalist @New Vision
Vaccination against the coronavirus in Uganda will start on March 10, 2021, the Minister of Health, Dr Jane Ruth Aceng has revealed.
Aceng told journalists on Tuesday that the first batch (864,000 doses) of the Astra Zeneca vaccine will arrive on Friday and the vaccination exercise will start on March 10.
“A team of well-trained health workers will be based at the designated service points to provide services. All persons eligible for vaccination will be required to provide a National Identification Card in the case of Ugandan citizens or a passport in the case of non-Ugandans,” she said.
A COVID-19 jab is given intramuscularly on the left upper arm - 0.5mls each.
She said the first people to be vaccinated will be health workers from public, private not for profit and private health facilities because they are at the frontline in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic and are vulnerable to infection, as has been shown by the statistics of infection (1,892) and death among health workers (19).
The second group will be the teachers who will be required to access vaccines from the nearest Public Health facility, starting from HC III up to a National Referral Hospital. These will be followed by all persons above 50 years of age.
The next category eligible for vaccination are the 18- to 50-year-olds who have the following underlying health conditions: hypertension, diabetes, cancer, organ diseases such as Liver, Kidney or heart disease.
“Each category will be alerted on the days on which to report for vaccination,” she said.
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