By AARON CHIYANZOOVER 98 percent of people who received the Covid-19 vaccine have been spared from severe disease and death, Health Permanent Secretary for Technical Services, Kennedy Malama has said.Dr Malama has thus appealed so all citizens to take advantage and get vaccinated.He also announced that about 701 Covid-19 patients in Zambia were on oxygen with the majority requiring high flow.He said as the vaccination programme resumes tomorrow, citizens should take advantage and get vaccinated.Dr Malama said in a statement that the country had continued experience an unprecedented increase in Covid-19 cases, hospitalisations and deaths.He said this time last month, the country had only 50 patients in health facilities but today there were over 1, 000 Covid-19 cases in facilities.Dr Malama said the number of critical patients had gone up, from just four on May 21 last year to today having 131 in critical condition.“The saddest part of it all is we are still on […]
‘VACCINATED CITIZENS SPARED FROM SEVERE COVID-19’
