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Africa-Press<\/a> – Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>A Bulawayo-based consultant paediatrician Dr Wedu Ndebele has urged Zimbabweans to get vaccinated as this will reduce the spread of the coronavirus.<\/p>\n

Dr Ndebele said that in the event that one is vaccinated, the infection would be much milder if they contract the virus. He said:<\/p>\n

For us to get what we call herd immunity there should be enough people vaccinated to curtail or stop the transmission.<\/p>\n

Usually for you to do that you need to vaccinate about two-thirds of the population and that is why we are talking of between 60 to 70 per cent of the population.<\/p>\n

As you can see now all the cases that we are getting are from the communities, which means that transmissions are from person to person.<\/p>\n

If enough people are vaccinated, it means that even if one person has Covid-19 and gets into contact with a vaccinated person that person won\u2019t be infected.<\/p>\n

We encourage people to get vaccinated especially those that are at high risk.<\/p>\n

Another health expert, Dr Rita Dlodlo also spoke in support of vaccination saying it will reduce the number of COVID-19 related deaths.<\/p>\n

She also said that in Zimbabwe millions of children\u2019s lives have been saved under the national immunisation programmes.<\/p>\n

On Monday Zimbabwe took delivery of 200 000 Sinopharm vaccine doses donated by the People\u2019s Republic of China.<\/p>\n

It has however emerged that people with chronic conditions such as HIV\/AIDS, high blood pressure among others, and those under the age of 18 should not receive the jab.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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