Luanda - Angolan Health minister Silvia Lutucuta, Monday warned the population to remain alert against fake Covid-19 vaccines in the country.
The government official, who was speaking to the press at the end of a meeting of the multisectoral commission against Covid-19, stressed the need for the population not to be fooled and denounced attempts to introduce false vaccines in the country.
According to Silvia Lutucuta, the health authorities will pass on all information on the vaccination process as soon as the country receives the vaccines authorised and certified by the WHO.
Last Friday, the minister announced that Angola planned to receive a total of 15 million vaccines against Covid-19 by April 2021.
According to the Cabinet minister, who was speaking on the sidelines of the launch of the vaccination campaign against polio, Vitamin A and measles, these doses will be received in stages.
In a first phase, she said, five million vaccines will arrive in the country, from a batch of 12 million, underlining that the forecast is to receive 15 million by April 2021. "They will not all come at the same time. It will be five million in the first phase. By April we will have 15 million doses", she said.
In a first phase, professionals at the forefront of the fight against Covid-19, such as those in Health, and people at risk (patients), will be vaccinated.
She announced that the Angolan government was working with the Covax initiative, formed by the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization, World Health Organization (WHO) and Coalition of Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) to ensure that the country has access to to vaccines when they become available.
