The Director of PEV, Elisabeth Mukamba, let know to the professionals of the media that "this vaccination does not relate to everyone and is not obligatory", because initially, it should be announced that only the professionals of health are concerned, the social workers, the people with comorbidity, by there, one understands chronic renal disease, diabetes, hypertension, etc… as well as old people of more than 5 years, by specifying that, the targeted people account for 20% of the local population.
There will be no campaign, he added. People will be made vaccinate in targeted hospitals `` the vaccine is not intended to the children nor the young people and no child will be vaccinated at the school '', she hammered.
Thus, Mrs. Elisabeth Mukamba invited the media to a good communication in order to be able to go with the congolese population to accept the vaccine. That the latter avoid making rumours, but while diffusing good key messages, while directing this same population towards the sites of vaccination in order to manage the rumours and the misinformation on anti Covid-19 vaccination in DRC. Because, according to him, the fight against the misinformation will bring at least 85% of the target populations, to adopt a good behavior favorable to vaccination.
In addition, this vaccination will be done in two phases to knowing: the first phase known as of provisioning will cover 3% of the total population. And this provision will cover four provinces of the national territory with a target to be vaccinated of 3,497,902 people.
Then, the second phase of provisioning will cover 17% of the total population and will target 19,693,173 people in the 26 provinces which account the DRC.
Corneille Kinsala N’soki
(CKS/Yes)