{"id":2682,"date":"2021-08-28T08:07:06","date_gmt":"2021-08-28T08:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/lesotho-welcomes-sinopharm-vaccine-2"},"modified":"2021-08-28T08:07:06","modified_gmt":"2021-08-28T08:07:06","slug":"lesotho-welcomes-sinopharm-vaccine-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/lesotho-welcomes-sinopharm-vaccine-2","title":{"rendered":"Lesotho welcomes Sinopharm vaccine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press<\/a> – Lesotho<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span> Over 200 000 doses of the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine were received by the Minister of Health Hon. Semano Sekatle on Friday at the Ministry of Health headquarters in Maseru. Speaking at the handover<\/p>\n

ceremony, the People\u2019s Republic of China\u2019s Ambassador to Lesotho Lei Kezhong said he hopes the vaccines will help boost Lesotho\u2019s efforts in the fight<\/p>\n

against the pandemic. The Ambassador thanked the Ministry, Chinese Embassy and the private sector for facilitating the arrival of the vaccines. Kezhong highlighted<\/p>\n

that since the outbreak of Coronavirus, the Chinese government has donated eight batches of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to Lesotho. \u201cI believe that through<\/p>\n

working together in the fight against the pandemic, we will prevail,\u201d he charged. Sinopharm is the third type of the vaccine to be imported into the country after AstraZeneca and<\/p>\n

Johnson and Johnson vaccines. It is expected that these vaccines will have over 100 000 people inoculated. The Sinopharm vaccine is administered in two shots at the interval of three to four weeks between the<\/p>\n

first and second dose as per the World Health Organisation (WHO)\u2019s recommendation. For his part, the Minister of Health said the country is this month expecting an excess of<\/p>\n

263 400 doses of the vaccines. Sekatle mentioned that first 200 000 vaccines are gifts from China and 3 400 vaccines have<\/p>\n

been procured by the Chinese Embassy and 60 000 doses of vaccines were procured by the private sector. The Minister appealed to the nation to vaccinate, citing the immunity resilience of those who have<\/p>\n

taken vaccines; that they are not vulnerable to hospitalisations. He said Lesotho is regarded as an advanced country in terms of carrying out the vaccination roll<\/p>\n

out, saying it is an \u201cexample\u201d in Africa. He said by Friday morning last week, about 124 000 people had received their jabs. According to World Health Organisation WHO, \u201cvaccines work by training and preparing the body\u2019s<\/p>\n

natural defences- the immune system- to recognise and fight off the viruses and bacteria they target. After the vaccination, if the body is later exposed to<\/p>\n

those disease-causing germs, the body is immediately ready to destroy them, preventing illness.\u201d \u201cVaccines alone will not end the pandemic but they go a long way to in fighting the pandemic,\u201d WHO<\/p>\n

Country Representative Dr Richard Banda said adding that the pandemic is not yet over. He further urged the members of the public to observe health measurers.<\/p>\n

Lesotho first recorded a COVID-19 case on May 13, 2020. According to the data supplied by the National COVID-19 Secretariat (NACOSEC) on Sunday the 22nd<\/p>\n

August, there are 146 348 tests conducted, 14 382 positive cases, 6 763 recoveries and the deaths have clocked 400. The Prime Minister Dr Moeketsi Majoro said the government is planning to inoculate about 1.4 million people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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