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Africa-Press<\/a>–Uganda<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

by Africa-Press-Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Uganda opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC)\u00a0 wants\u00a0 government of Uganda to explain to the public if it ascertained\u00a0 that Covid-19\u00a0 AstraZeneca\u00a0 vaccine\u00a0 is safe, following reports that other countries in Europe have suspended its use.<\/p>\n

FDC party president Patric Oboi Amuriat says that Ugandans must be assured, given the fact that such concerns are emerging across the world.<\/p>\n

\u201cEuropean countries have suspended the use of this vaccine on account of its side effects on their population. low platelet\u00a0 counts that affect clotting bloods, has been identified as one of the side effects. Pal memory embolism has been identified as another side effect and so our clarion call to the Museveni administration for them to re-examine the\u00a0 side effects of this vaccine given the way citizens of other countries are responding to it,\u201d said Amuriat.<\/p>\n

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Why Uganda is opting for AstraZeneca<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Amuriat also said that no wonder during\u00a0 president Museveni\u2019s\u00a0 speech to the nation on Sunday, Museveni admitted that he has not yet taken the vaccine.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy doesn\u2019t he take the vaccine like other world leaders have done,\u201d Amuriat added.<\/p>\n

Uganda\u2019s Ministry of Health received the first batch of 864,000 AstraZeneca doses from India on 5 March 2021 and the\u00a0 vaccination started last week on 10 March.<\/p>\n

Speaking to African Press, the Minister of Health Dr Aceng revealed that Uganda targets to vaccinate 49.6 percent of the population, which is about 21,936,011, in a phased manner .<\/p>\n

Why Uganda opted for AstraZeneca vaccine.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The government insisted on procuring the AstraZeneca vaccine despite reports which showed that the vaccine has low levels of efficacy against some new strains of Covid-19.<\/p>\n

But the Minister for Health Dr Jane Ruth Aceng explained that they decided to go for AstraZeneca, because the vaccine\u2019s technology has been tested for over a century, and that vaccine fridge in Uganda\u2019s health facilities meet the storage temperature requirement of 2 to 8 degrees.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat is important is to ensure we reduce transmission by following Standard Operating Procedures,\u201d said Aceng.<\/p>\n

FDC\u2019S concern about AstraZeneca.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Last week countries including France, Denmark, Ireland and Thailand were the first to temporarily suspend their use of AstraZeneca\u00a0 vaccine and later on Norway, Iceland, Bulgaria, and Congo followed suit, after reports that some people developed blood clots.<\/p>\n

But the head of World Health Organization Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus released a statement\u00a0 saying that\u00a0 the available data do not suggest that the vaccine caused blood coagulation, and that people should continue using AstraZeneca use in some European countries.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is important to note that the European Medicines Agency\u2019s Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee has said that there is no indication of a link between the vaccine and blood clot and that the vaccine can continue to be used while its investigation is ongoing,\u201d said Dr Adhanom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press–Uganda by Africa-Press-Reporter The Uganda opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC)\u00a0 wants\u00a0 government of Uganda to explain to the public if it ascertained\u00a0 that Covid-19\u00a0 AstraZeneca\u00a0 vaccine\u00a0 is safe, following reports that other countries in Europe have suspended its use. 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