What a horrible year!

Finally, the sun is lugubriously dipping into 2021’s horizon. In just another eight days, the light will fade on this year, marking the end of one COVID year, and vividly casting a low, enormous, haunting, and menacing shadow on the next. As we guardedly draw the curtains on this year, many would agree that 2021 stands out as the longest year in modern history, at least in the recent past. Reminiscent of Murphy’s law, everything that could have gone wrong, went wrong.

Unemployment continued to rise amidst an environment characterised by the collapse of businesses, many at SME level. Despite all efforts expended in the sourcing of vaccines by African governments, developed countries continued to selfishly hoard vaccines, leaving millions in developing and emerging economies exposed and vulnerable.

Ironically, statistics reveal that it is the inhabitants of developed countries who disproportionately fell to the ugly monster, abruptly demised in unimaginably high numbers, principally because of a strong antivaxx community that was deceived by the proliferation of subversive conspiracy theories from medical professionals and laymen alike.

Editor's Comment
Routine child vaccination imperative

The recent Vaccination Day in Motokwe, orchestrated through collaborative efforts between UNICEF, USAID, BRCS, and the Ministry of Health, underscores a commendable stride towards fortifying child health services.The painful reality as reflected by the Ministry of Health's data regarding the decline in routine immunisation coverage since the onset of the pandemic, is a cause for concern.It underscores the urgent need to address the...

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