{"id":18347,"date":"2021-09-25T18:37:34","date_gmt":"2021-09-25T18:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?p=18347"},"modified":"2021-09-25T16:30:46","modified_gmt":"2021-09-25T16:30:46","slug":"the-struggle-to-get-covid-jab-certificates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/the-struggle-to-get-covid-jab-certificates","title":{"rendered":"The struggle to get Covid jab certificates"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press<\/a> – Uganda<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>At the ministry, all is smooth from registering upon producing a national ID to getting the jab<\/p>\n

How university hospital saved me<\/b><\/p>\n

Loraine Achieng, student<\/b><\/p>\n

On May 19, I make up my mind to take a Covid jab. I call up a friend, who advises me to go to Case Hospital on Buganda Road in Kampala.<\/p>\n

Receiving me at the hospital are two young ladies, who ask if I have any work or National Identity (ID) card.<\/p>\n

As I produce my school and National ID, the two ladies quickly express regret, saying they have limited vaccines.<\/p>\n

I quickly call up my friend, who suggests I try my luck at the Ministry of Health headquarters since it is within the same area.<\/p>\n

At the ministry, all is smooth from registering upon producing a national ID to getting the jab.<\/p>\n

But my second trip for the second jab is an ordeal.<\/p>\n

I return to the Ministry of Health offices in August to get my second shot.<\/p>\n

But as I approach the checkpoint, I tell them I have come for Covid-19 vaccination.<\/p>\n

But one of the security personnel quickly tells me they no longer do vaccinations at the premises.<\/p>\n

He advises that I go to Makerere University hospital, and helpfully gives me clear directions.<\/p>\n

On approach, I see a tent teeming with people who had come for both their first and second Jabs.<\/p>\n

In the queue, I ask where the endless line would stop.<\/p>\n

I soon get to the vaccination table, hand in my card, only to be told it doesn\u2019t bear a stamp to show where I had taken my first shot from.<\/p>\n

I am then advised to go to Room 10 to have my card verified since it bears only a signature.<\/p>\n

A gentleman inside takes my vaccination card and chit I had been given for verification. He checks in their system and writes on the paper my name, date, place and when I took the first jab.<\/p>\n

This confirms I was in the system.<\/p>\n

Relieved, I join the queue again, give in my chit, card and wait.<\/p>\n

I then sign against my name in their registration book, indicating I have received the jab. I then pick up my card with a QR code and walk off the premises.<\/p>\n

I walked from Kololo to Kisenyi<\/b><\/p>\n

Allan Chekwech, journalist<\/b><\/p>\n

On September 7, I took my second shot of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine at Kololo Independence Grounds in Kampala.<\/p>\n

But when the data entrants handed over my vaccination card, it indicated I had taken the jab from Kisenyi Health Centre IV, and not Kololo as had been indicated during the first jab at the same venue in June.<\/p>\n

Curiously too, the officials at Kololo did not stamp our cards and referred us to Kisenyi, some 4.6 kilometres away.<\/p>\n

A few days later, I braved the traffic and the downtown chaos to get the all-vital stamp in Kisenyi.<\/p>\n

I arrived there in the noon heat and promptly submitted my card to the health officials vaccinating people in a shade.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe no longer stamp cards. You just go, the information is already captured in the system,\u201d one of the nurses told me.<\/p>\n

I asked whether there was an online platform where I could log in and confirm my vaccination status.<\/p>\n

She only said: \u201cGo to a room upstairs and check from there. Your certificate must be ready.\u201d<\/p>\n

I went from room to room and no one had an idea what I was talking about.<\/p>\n

Frustrated, I went back to office, and reached out to Health ministry officials on both phone and on Twitter.<\/p>\n

I briefed one and inquired how I could get my certificate.<\/p>\n

I received no response.<\/p>\n

But two days later, a volunteer sent a link on my Twitter handle that would enable me generate a certificate.<\/p>\n

I entered the NIN and the last six digits of my phone number as requested. The system reported an era. I have been unsuccessful and have not got a verifiable vaccination certificate.<\/p>\n

Is there some explanation the ministry can give us seeking verifiable Covid vaccination certificates?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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