With the 200,000 doses received, Senegal is in a position to start its vaccination campaign against Covid-19. This, while waiting for the other batches planned in the coming weeks. « All Senegalese who so wish will be vaccinated before the end of 2022, » said the Minister of Health and Social Action, Abdoulaye Diouf Sarr in « Le Soleil ». Thus, he noted, the Head of State, Macky Sall will be among the first to be vaccinated.
This meeting is a prelude to the launch of vaccination operations against the coronavirus scheduled for tomorrow, Tuesday, 23 February 2021. « Since December 2019, the world has been facing an unprecedented epidemic caused by a new virus of the coronavirus family (Covid-19). This epidemic has not spared any continent or country. Senegal recorded its first case on 2 March 2020. Immediately, we began the response through the National Epidemic Management Committee, » said Abdoulaye Diouf Sarr. He acknowledged, however, that after a relative lull following the downward trend noted in September 2020, since mid-November, there has been a resurgence of cases suggesting a « second wave » of the epidemic.
The first people to be vaccinated are health workers, people over 60 years of age and those living with co-morbidities.
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