An official ceremony is planned for the beginning of the afternoon and the first vaccinations, particularly of hospital staff, should take place immediately, according to the program announced by the authorities.
Vaccination, the launch of which was initially planned for Wednesday, finally begins on Saturday, in a context of logistical difficulties, particularly in transporting vaccines across the country, the size of four times the size of France and poor in infrastructure.
The Minister of Health Samuel-Roger Kamba, who stressed that this is not for the moment a “mass vaccination”, announced only the day before at a press conference the start of the campaign for moment limited to Goma. Eastern DRC is the region most affected by the virus.
In the neighboring province of South Kivu, where the current epidemic appeared a year ago, the first vaccines must be administered on Monday, according to local health authorities interviewed by AFP.
Since the start of the year, the DRC has recorded more than 30,000 cases in total and nearly 990 deaths with increased mortality noted among children.
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