Senior chief Musele of Kalumbila district of North Western province has advised his subjects to get vaccinated against Covid19.
The traditional leader says getting vaccinated is the only sure way of reducing risks against infections.
He said getting vaccinated will also protect people around from the pandemic particularly people at risk of severe illness from covid19.
He said the vaccines are safe contrary to some myths surrounding it.
“We have seen those that got vaccinated a while ago are still alive and in good health, so what will stop each one of us from getting vaccinated? Am therefore challenging each one of us here to ensure that we get vaccinated,” he said.
He disclosed that almost all health facilities in his chiefdom are offering the service hence the need for people get vaccinated.
The traditional leader was speaking during the launch of the community health initiative dubbed ‘community health and wellness’ at Kisasa health facility.
In this program, Kalumbila minerals limited has partnered with the ministry of Health in strengthening government health systems in the provision of essential health care services to community around the mine.
And North western Provincial Clinical Care Specialist Dr Jonathan Chengamwa also emphasized the need for people to get vaccinated against the pandemic.
He said the vaccination exercise is ongoing and that the vaccines being used across the country are safe.
“The vaccines are very safe and by the end of this week, we would have lumped up activities to ensure that we improve acceptability as well as demand for covid19 vaccination,” he said.
Meanwhile, Trident Foundation limited manager Joseph Ngwira mentioned that despite the pandemic derailing development in the community, it has helped in identifying opportunities for improvement.
He said the health initiative will enhance health systems in collaboration with the ministry of health and identify potential infrastructure needs and enhance public health.
“These are some of the improved opportunities that we have identified overtime and we can say that the pandemic also helped us to enhance some of these programs,” he said.
