A special intensive vaccination campaign against the COVID-19 pandemic has been launched. The nationwide campaign against the deadly virus kicked off Wednesday 7 July 2021.
It has as objective to get as many Cameroonians above 18 years as possible vaccinated. Those who will turn out for the vaccine will choose between the Sinopharm and Aztrazeneca vaccines. Over 360,000 doses of both vaccines have been distributed across the ten regions, according to officials from the ministry of Public Health.
The Centre and Littoral regions, two hardest hit regions have received 118,466 and 83,178 doses respectively. Over 30,000 doses have been dispatched to the West and 20,943 to the North West.
The South West region will receive 16,678 doses while over 21,000 has been sent to the Far North, 15,941 to the South, 13,812 to the Adamawa, 10,010 to the East, and 27,478 to the North.
The campaign takes off after agents of the Extended Immunization Programme in charge were drilled on how to effectively sensitize the populations on the need to take the jab and how to go about the vaccination exercise.
The agents dispatched in the ten regions are expected to operate in public places including markets, schools, churches and enterprises so as to have the highest number of Cameroonians vaccinated. They are also expected to embark on a door-to-door strategy. Health officials are optimistic that the five-day campaign will help inoculate a good number of Cameroonians.
By Doh Bertrand Nua
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