While the country was fighting to hit the 4.8 million vaccinated people by end of December, as this was the condition initially put up by the president to see that the country fully re-opens,a new target was set by the same man on Thursday.
President Museveni on Thursday said schools and the country will be reopened ONLY after SEVEN million Ugandans are inoculated (vaccinated), 2.2 million higher than the original target, with the priority groups still being teachers, non-teaching staff, health workers, security personnel, citizens aged 50 and above as well as youngsters with comorbidities,
But, since the country licked off mass vaccination in March this year, only 2.5 million Ugandans have received the shots according to the ministry of health, with majority having received single jabs.
This leaves 3.3 million doses lying idle in storage at the National Medical Stores in Entebbe,out of the 5.7 million doses of vaccines that government has received through donations and direct procurement, an irony that officials blamed on limited vaccination outlets across the country.
By the look of things, it's safe to say schools and the country at large is not about to fully reopen any time soon, given that it has taken us close to 7months to vaccinate 2.5 million Ugandans. And when we were about to hit the 4.8 million mark, the main man has pushed it to 7 million. Well, we can as well continue encouraging our young siblings to conyinue washing their hands.
