UN Hails Tanzania for Speedy Covid-19 Vaccination dailynewstz: Tanzania Covid19 Coronavirus
Taking the stance during a meeting with the Vice-President Dr Philip Mpango at the State House in Dar es Salaam, on Tuesday Assistant Secretary-General and the Global Lead Coordinator for Covid-19 Vaccine Delivery Partnership, Mr Ted Chaiban, further said:"Although Tanzania has not reached the international target of administering the vaccine to 70 per cent of its population, the country has been able to increase the vaccination rate from 6.3 per cent by the end of 2021 to 12.
"Tanzania now needs to keep the momentum and accelerate the vaccination; especially by ensuring that groups such as the elderly and people with chronic illnesses are given priority and to ensure that all are vaccinated." Apart from meeting Dr Mpango and Minister of Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation, Ambassador Liberata Mulamula, Mr Chaiban also visited Makangarawe Dispensary in Temeke district in the city.