Covid19 vaccination kicks off today

The national COVID-19 vaccination campaign will be launched today at the J1 presidential palace in Juba. The first phase of the program that targets 2% of the national population, will be conducted by the national ministry of health in partnership with the World Health Organization and other health partners. 

The incident Manager for Covid19 in the Ministry of Health Richard Laku says vaccination exercise will kick off with front-line health workers at three centers which include J1, Juba Hospital and Juba Military Hospital. 

Dr. Laku says 60 health workers have been trained to administer the vaccines.

The number of CIVID-19 cases is now more than ten thousand with 108 deaths registered by the ministry of health since the pandemic was declared in March last year.