Africa-Press – Tanzania. Dar es Salaam.
Three weeks after the vaccination exercise kicked off, government has said that 207,391 of the targeted groups have been vaccinated against Covid-19.
With these numbers it means there are more than 800,000 jabs still available.
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The figures show that 121, 002 men equivalent to 58.3 percent and women 86,389 equivalent to 41. 7 percent have been vaccinated.
According to a statement signed by the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Health, Professor Abel Makubi on the distribution of the Covid-19 vaccine, he said since the vaccination started on August 3, this year they are providing the jabs through 550 public and private health care facilities nationwide.
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He said that as of August 14, a total of 1,008,400 vaccines had been distributed in all 26 regions.”The data shows since the vaccination campaign was launched a total of 207,391people have been vaccinated at all centers.
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“I give instructions to all healthcare workers who provides vaccines, to spend a few minutes educating people on the importance of vaccination to each person who goes to a hospitals to be treated on other diseases, this will help them on making right decisions of getting the jabs,” he said.
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