While giving his national address last night, H.E Yoweri Kaguta Museveni revealed that schools and the rest of the economy will be fully reopened in January 2022, and urged Ugandans to flock the nearest health centres for vaccination.
The president also said that government will have received about 23 million doses of Covid-19 vaccinesby the end of December 2021 which are able to vaccinate more than 12 million Ugandans and among them should be the 4.8 million frontline workers and vulnerable categories of people including bar attendants.
“If this is done, we shall be able to open schools and the rest of the economy by January 2022. But whether people go for vaccination or not, we shall still reopen the economy. If anything goes wrong, the moral responsibility is yours," the president said.
He however dismissed claims that Ugandans are refusing to be vaccinated, saying they're just not informed well: “I don’t believe that Ugandans are refusing to get vaccinated, they are just not told. I now want to inform you that vaccines are available at the health centres.”
So, to all those who've been crying to the president to 'open de barz,' you still have two more months of waiting. And this time round, the president will open whether you vaccinate or not!
