More people coming to get vaccines, health authority says

By LULU MARK
BETWEEN 60,000 and 70,000 people have been fully vaccinated, and around 140,000 confirmed to have received their first dose of the Coronavirus (Covid-19) vaccine, it has been revealed.
Health authorities are noticing more people getting vaccinated as they try to reach the target of 20 per cent of the population this year.
Minister for Health and HIV/AIDS Jelta Wong said vaccination would contain the Covid-19 surge.
“For the country to get on top of the Covid-19 Delta variant, everybody must be vaccinated,” he said.
According to the PNG Covid-19 Situation Report released last week, 139,930 people have received one dose and 65,834 people have been fully vaccinated.
This is 3.5 per cent of the target population for 2021.
He compared PNG to the Covid-19 situation in Fiji where more than 80 per cent of the population had been fully vaccinated and was now opening its international borders. The vaccination numbers have quadrupled in the past week with the assistance of the St John Ambulance.