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Africa-Press – Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>THE five people who died in Leribe last month did not die due to Covid-19 vaccines, an investigation by health experts has revealed. The experts said the five died as a result of Covid-19, heart problems, sugar diabetes, HIV\/AIDS and tuberculosis, and anaphylaxis.<\/p>\n

Speaking at a press conference yesterday, Health Minister Semano Sekatle said the Johnson & Johnson vaccines were safe and help prevent severe illness caused by Covid-19.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere were no mistakes found in health centres as well,\u201d Sekatle said, referring to clinics where the jabs were taken.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is very rare and it\u2019s one in a million. It can happen with any injection or medication,\u201d he said. He said the report will be handed over to the World Health Organisation (WHO), African Union (AU), vaccine donors and manufacturers.<\/p>\n

He said the vaccines being used in Lesotho are also being used in other countries such as Zambia and Tanzania. \u201cIt\u2019s the same batch,\u201d he said, adding that 250 000 Basotho have been vaccinated with the same batch and they are well.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will continue encouraging Basotho to vaccinate for prevention of severe illness and hospitalisation,\u201d he said. He said independent investigations were undertaken by experts in epidemiology and public health who follow adverse events following immunisation.<\/p>\n

He said the first experts investigated the deaths by visiting the affected families to learn more of their illnesses before vaccination and if they had any illnesses before.<\/p>\n

They also evaluated what measures were taken after they showed symptoms of illness. He said they visited all people who were vaccinated at the same time as the deceased to find out how they were doing.<\/p>\n

Sekatle said they also examined the usage and storage of vaccines in those health centres mostly where the deceased were vaccinated and found out whether people who injected them were well trained.<\/p>\n

He said the second group of experts examined the corpses, tested their blood and fluids which were sent to independent labs. He said the experts consisted of local, WHO, AU experts and others from other countries inclusive of leading experts in allergies and most of these were from Australia.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey delayed the processes as they work globally and it\u2019s not easy to find them,\u201d he said. Health Services Director, Dr \u2019Nyane Letsie, said the investigations were expensive. She clarified that one bottle injects five people.<\/p>\n

The Africa Centre for Disease Control (CDC) Chief Science Adviser, Dr Ndembi Nicaise, said they were proud of the great public health leadership shown by Lesotho.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were worried how this could be handled and I think the MoH leadership handled it in a professional manner,\u201d Dr Nicaise said.<\/p>\n

He said Africa CDC was not only there to investigate what happened but to support the country in procurement and logistics, vaccination capacity, risk communication amongst others.<\/p>\n

The WHO Representative, Dr Richard Banda, congratulated the government and thanked them for coming out into the open about the issue and conducting an independent investigation.<\/p>\n

\u201cI confirm again that we have followed through these processes with United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) and Africa CDC to ensure conclusions are brought forward and we know exactly what happened,\u201d Dr Banda said.<\/p>\n

He said the report will be shared by a global committee on vaccines and safety and lessons learnt will also be shared with other countries. He said it is unfortunate that things happened this way as the batch was used in other countries and they had not shown any severe or adverse effects.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe hope going forward we will use lessons learnt and see how best we can administer the vaccine,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Dr Banda said for the past two weeks, they saw encouraging indicators that the pandemic is declining. \u201cWe can\u2019t say this with certainty but I think it\u2019s encouraging.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlthough it\u2019s declining, we are still seeing too many cases,\u201d he said. He added that \u201cwe still have to make sure that the tools that we have such as vaccines are used\u201d.<\/p>\n

Lesotho is targeting to vaccinate 10 percent of its two million people by the end of September. \u201cWe see that Lesotho is on track to meet that target and it will surpass it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

However, he said 10 percent is not enough. \u201cSafety of vaccines is our top priority and we will surely support the processes,\u201d he said. He said they understand the concerns associated with adverse effects.<\/p>\n

He emphasized the effectiveness of the vaccines against severe illness and deaths. \u201cVaccine hesitancy will not help us. We need to go beyond that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Lesotho. THE five people who died in Leribe last month did not die due to Covid-19 vaccines, an investigation by health experts has revealed. The experts said the five died as a result of Covid-19, heart problems, sugar diabetes, HIV\/AIDS and tuberculosis, and anaphylaxis. 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