Deaths blamed on underlying medical condition

DEATHS from the Coronavirus (Covid-19) reported around the country have been blamed on underlying medical conditions and as a result of being unvaccinated.
Deputy National Pandemic Response Controller Dr Daoni Esorom said four groups of people must be vaccinated. The first group are frontline workers and essential workers; the second are those with an underlying medical conditions; the third are those over 45-years-old; and the fourth group are those above 18-years-old.
He said those over 45 with an underlying medical condition, and those not vaccinated were likely to be exposed to the Covid-19 Delta variant.
Dr Esorom said some patients who went to hospital and were told that they had the Covid-19 demanded that they be vaccinated.
“The moment you go to the hospital, you start having a cough, you have a shortness of breath, believe me there is queue of people lining up for oxygen, you might not have the opportunity to get the vaccine,” he said.
“The time to get the vaccine is when you are well. So please, I appeal to everybody to get yourself vaccinated.
You won’t regret it.”