BOPEU calls for more vaccine supplies and coherent rollout plan
Monday, August 23, 2021 | 210 Views |
COVID-19 Vaccine
Botswana has experienced both slow arrivals of vaccines and incoherent rollout plan amidst alarming covid19 death toll, one of the worst in the world, in relation to the country’s small population.
Intervention by teachers Unions forced Government into the plan to vaccinate teachers after their trade unions made it clear no teacher would return to the classroom unless they had been vaccinated.
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...