Allaying fear and panic in Zimbabwe: COVID-19 vaccination does not kill; Get involved

It has become critical that the vaccination programmes designed to deal with the spread of the Coronavirus be implemented with the urgency of vaccinating as many people as possible to stop the spread of the disease.

This comes on the back of the increasing global COVID-19 cases of over 100 million with some new variants already appearing to be more contagious – making vaccination even more of a race against time.

As it stands, vaccines are being developed at an overwhelming speed after months of rising death tolls, a collapsing economy, activity restrictions and fears of falling ill.

To all Zimbabweans, this is indeed the right given time to get vaccinated; as a matter of this is the time to get actively involved in the vaccination programme.

To those deeply hesitant people in Zimbabwe contemplating on getting vaccinated, it is far better to boost your immunity with the COVID-19 jab before it is too late to do so.

Most importantly we have only one life on this earth to protect.

It is refreshing to note that a world that was lost in finding a cure or antidote to a very unpredictable and unfamiliar disease has been able to come up with something to counter the Coronavirus pandemic and further save lives.

So far, successful vaccines introduced include Pfizer, Moderna, COVAX, and the AstraZeneca. These vaccines according to scientific proof do not kill humans and pose no threat to existing lives.

Though there have been some reported cases of normal human body reactions after the vaccination among some people, it appears normal with no threats in sight.

It would be recalled that in February 2021, Zimbabwe received its first batch of 200,000 doses of the Sinopharm vaccine donated by the Chinese government.

Also on Tuesday 30th March 2021, the country received 1 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine made by the Chinese firm Sinovac.

Zimbabwe received its third batch of COVID-19 vaccines on Monday 29th March bringing total doses delivered to over 1,635,000.

While the country still lacks enough vaccines for its 15 million people, health experts are worried about vaccines' slow uptake. Zimbabwe aims to vaccinate about 10 million by the end of 2021.

Over 123,000 people have been given their first vaccine dose since the inoculation program began in mid-February according to the Zimbabwean government, but over half a million doses remain unused.

NOTE: This article was filed with the financial support of the European Union (EU).

Its contents are solely the responsibility of Abel Mavura and do not reflect the views of the EU.