{"id":25690,"date":"2021-08-11T09:13:44","date_gmt":"2021-08-11T06:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/?p=25690"},"modified":"2021-08-11T09:13:47","modified_gmt":"2021-08-11T06:13:47","slug":"massive-covid-19-vaccination-starts-today-at-namboole-stadium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/11\/massive-covid-19-vaccination-starts-today-at-namboole-stadium\/","title":{"rendered":"Massive COVID 19 Vaccination Starts Today At Namboole Stadium"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Massive COVID 19 Vaccination will start today at Mandela national stadium, Namboole, the Ministry of Health has announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe COVID-19 Vaccination exercise starts today at Namboole Stadium for all the eligible persons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is in addition to the ongoing vaccination program at the designated health facilities in @KCCAUG and other districts in the country,\u201d reads the tweet sent in by Ministry of Health today morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This website understands that the categories that will be prioritised for vaccination include; Health workers, Teachers, People above 50years, people aged 18years and above with comorbidities and those due for their second dose after 12weeks of taking the first one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Massive vaccination exercise comes at a time when government received additional donations of 586,080 doses of Covid-19 vaccines from China and Norway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">300,000 doses of Sinovac were from the Chinese government while 286,080 doses of AstraZeneca were from Norway through COVAX facility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As of now Uganda has administered a total number of 1, 152, 874 of COVID 19 vaccines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Uganda aims at vaccinating at least 22million people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other Vaccination centers in Kampala are;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"679\" src=\"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG-20210809-WA0081.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25647\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG-20210809-WA0081.jpg 680w, https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG-20210809-WA0081-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG-20210809-WA0081-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG-20210809-WA0081-360x359.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Massive COVID 19 Vaccination will start today at Mandela national stadium, Namboole, the Ministry of Health has announced. \u201cThe COVID-19 Vaccination exercise starts today at Namboole Stadium for all the eligible persons. 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