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Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>The Education ministry has insisted that no school-going children will be vaccinated against Covid-19 without the Ministry of Health obtaining a written consent from parents and guardians.<\/p>\n

Dr Dennis Mugimba, the spokesperson of the Education ministry, told this publication last Friday that the ministry\u2019s position on the issue of vaccinating children is clear.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is not true that the Ministry of Health will vaccinate children in schools against Covid-19 without parents\u2019 or guardians\u2019 consent. All must be done as per guidance given by Education and Sports Minister, Ms Janet Museveni,\u201d Dr Mugimba said.<\/p>\n

While addressing a press conference at State House in Nakasero recently, the First Lady advised the Ministry of Health not to make Covid vaccination for children compulsory and said such a decision should be left to parents.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen parents feel free to take their children for Covid-19 vaccination, they do it. If they don\u2019t want to vaccinate their children, nobody will force them. It is not compulsory. I do not know where you got that information that it was compulsory,\u201d she wondered.<\/p>\n

Despite Ms Museveni\u2019s directive, the Programme Director of Uganda Expanded Programme on Immunisation (UNEPI), Dr Alfred Driwale, said the Health ministry had finalised the plans to roll out vaccination of children with or without parents\u2019 consent.<\/p>\n

Dr Immaculate Ampaire, the deputy programme manager of UNEPI, said children should be vaccinated since the Covid risk prevalence in children is not any different from that of adults.<\/p>\n

But Dr Mugimba insisted: \u201cNo parent or school will be coerced or forced to have their children vaccinated against Covid\u201d.<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cIn case the Ministry of Health goes to schools, the school administration should first mobilise parents so that they can seek their written consent but since it is not compulsory, some parents are free to opt out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr Mugimba also warned that no parent or child should be penalized when they choose not to be vaccinated.<\/p>\n

The ministry recently announced that it would in August commence the Covid-19 vaccination drive for children between age of 5 and 17.<\/p>\n

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