BFTU raises COVID-19 vaccine concerns
Friday, June 04, 2021
COVID 19 jab PIC: THALEFANG CHARLES
With over 148 000 people having received the first COVID-19 jab, the federation is of the view that this is not enough for the country as many people continue to succumb to disease.
The federation has said it is disturbed about the government’s handling, management and pace of COVID-19 vaccine procurement which it said is clearly not at par with the threat facing the entire nation owing to the increasing variation in the manifestation of the virus across the globe.
According to both the acting director of Veterinary Services, Kobedi Segale and acting Lands and Agriculture minister, Edwin Dikoloti, the virus currently raging through the North-East mostly likely first entered the country during the festive season.From the “unprecedented” number of cases picked in testing last week, it is likely that cattle and other livestock could have been infected last year, without being reported.Animal health...