By Farirai Machivenyika
The national vaccination programme against Covid-19 will cost US$6,7 million, with Government targeting to vaccinate 10 million people, representing about 60 percent of the population.
The Covid-19 vaccine roll-out would be done by between one and two teams made up of five people per district depending on its size.
This was said by Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, who is also the Health and Child Care Minister, in the National Assembly yesterday.
VP Chiwenga briefed parliamentarians on various issues concerning the vaccination campaign including distribution and storage mechanisms, budgets, training of personnel and safety of the vaccines.
He said the vaccination programme would be done within three phases with the first one expected to commence tomorrow.
The first phase will comprise of two stages; the first one targeting frontline workers while the second stage will target the elderly and those with underlying conditions.
The total budget for the vaccination programme is US$6 778 777 million. Under the plan, Harare would be allocated 11 teams for the first phase, Bulawayo four teams and Chitungwiza two teams.
“The assumption is vaccination will be conducted over 10 days in the first round and five days in the second round.
“Supervisors drawn from head office, provinces and all districts will monitor planning, implementation and outcomes,” he said.
VP Chiwenga said the Health ministry had already begun the training of trainers in all provinces and districts and they would in turn train all personnel at various service centres.
“Areas of training will include vaccine storage, communications, surveillance, vaccination monitoring and evaluation and waste management,” he said.
The VP said the vaccines would be distributed across the country following existing structures for other vaccines, which is from head office to the 10 provinces then to the 63 districts and the more than 1 800 service centres.
VP Chiwenga said a national virtual launch of the vaccination campaign would be done while promotional material using all forms of media had been designed.
Following the arrival of the Sinopham vaccine donated by China on Monday, other consignments are expected to arrive in the country at two to three weeks’ intervals.
All the vaccines to be procured will undergo rigorous tests to ascertain their efficacy. The Herald
Why cost so much yet it was given for free.the people who are going to inoculate the people are the doctors of this country .
Donated China experimental, untested, unapproved phase 3 vaccine to cost US$6,7million 🐹
Our President and his vice presidents can easily pay that money using our money the looted
Are people paid to be vaccinated.
Pay from your pockets
What cost on donated vaccines?!
Kkkkkk imi ka , the vaccine is yet to be verfied kut roshanda here rakutocoster mari iyo kk
Ko handiti mishonga makati muri kupiwa mahara, saka mechemei kkkkk
So much money to experiment on us hai nikisi
Vanoisvasvanga yose
Donated vaccines cost that much?
Hayas vaccine for free then it cost so much hapas paaktorohwa bag here apa.
Dont you guys ever get tired of stealing.. looting??.. whoever is doing these estimates.. and I think its clueless Mthuli.. must have his head examined. Why must so much money be used??..
Yekuzonotora zvunhu ka nekudii nekudii kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
Free vaccine cost that much muri kids kusvikepi muchidai
But they got it for free from new zim — china
Imbobvunzai pa company pamunoshanda kune varikushanda I know most of us tiri mu formal which is good, bt those working bvunzai kuti paye pamunoita ma outings or ma workshop hw much does it cost the company?. . remember it’s a vaccine risina syringe , remember kuti rine ma recommended degrees parinochengeterwa imari inobuda, transportation from Harare to other towns and cities, even villages. Ko iyo ndege painopisa mafuta kuenda kunotora donated vaccine remember haishandisi pure water.
Zvimwe zvacho tozviziva bt nekuda kwekuti hatichina confidence Ku leadership yedu cz vano looter ichocho ichokwadi takuona zvose pose sepabiwa.
Zanu pf government inofanira kudzosa confidence muvanhu otherwise Zimbabwe inoita Sodom and Gomorrah ikaparara.God bless 🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼.