The two-week programme, where at least 650,000 people live, began on January 13 and will use both health ministry staff and city officials
In Zimbabwe’s second-biggest city, government medical staff are going door-to-door with Covid-19 vaccines in a bid to boost a stalled vaccine programme, in the latest indication of how Africa’s drive has now switched from sourcing doses to getting people to take them.
The step taken by city authorities speaks to the challenge many African countries are facing. Earlier in the pandemic African countries found themselves at the back of the queue for vaccines. Now, many are struggling to administer them because of weak health systems or a reluctance to take them among the population.
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