Zimbabwe To Receive 1 Million Covid-19 Vaccines Every Month: Mthuli Ncube

Zimbabwe To Receive 1 Million Covid-19 Vaccines Every Month Minister of Finance and Economic Development Professor Mthuli Ncube has announced that Zimbabwe will be receiving 1 million Covid-19 vaccines in order to reach the government “s goal of attaining herd immunity.. In a statement on Thursday, Ncube announced that the government of Zimbabwe has…

In a statement on Thursday, Ncube announced that the government of Zimbabwe has budgeted US$100 for vaccines. He said that the country will be receiving 1 million Covid-19 vaccines per month so that the country can reach its herd immunity target.

Ncube made the announcement after Zimbabwe received 1.056 million Sinovac Covid-19 vaccines. The country paid for 1.2 million doses and had already received an earlier consignment of 144,000 Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine doses.

The Minister also applauded global logistics and international shipping giant DHL for offering Zimbabwe “concessionary tariffs” for shipping the Covid-9 vaccines.

Below is the full statement from Mthuli Ncube which iHarare is publishing in its entirety.

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO) and WebMD, ‘herd immunity, also known as ‘population immunity’, or ‘community immunity,’ is the indirect protection from an infectious disease that happens when a large part of the population of an area is immune to a specific disease. If enough people are resistant to the cause of a disease, such as a virus or bacteria, it has nowhere to go.

While not every single individual may be immune, the group as a whole has protection. This is because there are fewer high-risk people overall. The infection rates drop, and the disease peters out.

Herd immunity protects at-risk populations. These include babies and those whose immune systems are weak and can’t get resistance on their own.

Herd immunity can be achieved in 2 ways: naturally when a person is exposed to a virus or bacteria and artificially through vaccinations.

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