Luanda – Angola plans to vaccinate around 15 million citizens over the age of 18 against Covid-19, said this Monday, in Luanda, the President of the Republic, João Lourenço.
The Angolan statesman spoke to the press after visiting the headquarters of the Multi-sector Commission for the Prevention and Fight against Covid-19.
For the President of the Republic, the solution to the problem of Covid-19 calls for, along with other secondary measures, massive campaigns of vaccination, which have to include the participation of resident foreign citizens.
According to President João Lourenço, Angola is to receive, by the end of this year, other 7.7 million doses of vaccine from “Sinopharm”.
The president believes that the degree of adherence to vaccination posts is improving day after day, and that the Executive can guarantee that there will be no shortage of vaccines.
The President also stressed that the country is close to the intended goal and assured that more vaccination posts will be opened throughout the country, in order to match the level of attendance, concentrating most of them in Luanda, which houses close to a third of the country’s population.
Asked about the position of citizens who claim that there is no constitutional obligation for vaccination, João Lourenço recalled that the vaccine only brings benefits and does not harm anyone.
Health authorities announced, this Monday, the registration of 428 new cases, 7 deaths and the recovery of 67 patients.
Source: Angola Press News Agency