More than 7,000 in Morobe vaccinated, but doctors urge others to get jab too

By JIMMY KALEBE
MORE than 7,000 people in Morobe have received the Covid-19 vaccine, says Morobe health authority chief executive officer Dr Kipas Binga.And he hopes to see more people come forward to get the vaccine before the doses expires at the end of the month. He said that on July 9, they had recorded 7,977 people vaccinated, with 480 going for their second dose. Vaccination remains open to anyone above the age of 18.“We are now working against time to get as many people vaccinated as possible before the expiry date of the vaccine on July 29,” Dr Binga said.
He said as soon as the doses expired, they would request for new ones.
“Vaccination is a voluntary thing but the PHA (provincial health authority) is trying as much as possible to make the vaccine available to the people, especially the ones who have made up their minds to take it,” he said.The authority is calling in all left-over vaccines at the district health posts to be brought to Lae for immediate use.
The Covid-19 facility at the Sir Ignatius Indoor Stadium is empty at the moment.