Gov't makes strides in COVID-19 fight :: Mmegi Online

Acting Minister of Health and Wellness, (MoH&W) Sethomo Lelatisitswe says his ministry has beaten all set targets since starting its vaccination programme. He said this on Tuesday during a Breakfast Meeting with the media at Protea Hotel in Gaborone. Lelatisitswe explained that as of April 8, 2022, about 70% of the country’s population received at least first dose of COVID-19 vaccine.

He added the initiative was a great achievement because government was on course to achieve the target set by the World Health Organisation (WHO) for countries to have achieved 70% full vaccination of their total populations by mid 2022.

He further stated that currently, more than 60% of the country’s population was fully vaccinated. The acting minister also stated that last year, both WHO and Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Africa set targets of 40% for countries to have achieved by December 2021, which his ministry also beat.

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