What Chiwenga told Parliament about the coronavirus vaccine roll-out

What Chiwenga told Parliament about the coronavirus vaccine roll-out

THE HON. SPEAKER: Hon. Vice President, you may through your officials, send soft copies to the…

THE VICE PRESIDENT AND MINISTER OF HEALTH AND CHILD CARE (HON. RTD. GENERAL DR. CHIWENGA): It has already been done.

So  the USD6 million and what it is going to do has been broken down so that Hon. Members can look at it and be able to see what it is all about.  This is because it will start from training and planning right up to the waste management.  Remember we are dealing with a vaccine and from the training to disposal, we have to incinerate all these things after use because we also do not want to be spreaders of the virus.  That breakdown is there. So Hon. Members will be able to go through it.

The breakdown for Phase 1, Stage 1 which I talked about, USD1.3 million will start at the National Planning and Training has got its figure.

The total population will be confirmed when the census is done in a year’s time but this is just an estimate.

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