THE Uganda prepares bill for compulsory vaccination against coronavirusas the vaccination coverage of the population is at low levels, according to the Health official of the African country.
The bill has been submitted to a parliamentary committee, which is examining it, said the head of the national vaccination program Alfred Drivale to Reuters. “In this way we want to contribute to the prevention of the disease, to prevent deaths. “Given the impact the pandemic has had on the economy, this law is necessary.”
In Uganda, a country of 45 million people, only 12.7 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been given to date, according to the Ministry of Health.
Reuters was unable to determine when the bill is expected to be passed in Parliament. Drivale did not specify what the sanctions would be for non-compliance with the compulsory vaccination measure.
Uganda fully reopened its economy last month after two years of restrictive measures against the pandemic, which included bans on traffic and closure of borders, schools and businesses. The austerity measures helped curb the spread of the coronavirus, but provoked strong reactions for the economic impact they had.
The African country has recorded about 162,000 infections and 3,500 deaths due to complications of Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic, according to data from the Ministry of Health.
Government officials have repeatedly expressed concern about low vaccination rates, even during periods when vaccines were sufficient, stressing that the benefits of limiting the spread of the virus to date have been jeopardized.
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