In Mauritania, ten days after the medical staff, the vaccination campaign against Covid-19 on Monday was extended to the elderly with chronic pathologies. Medical teams have been mobilized in health centers to receive vaccine candidates.
as reported from Nouakchott, Salem Mejbour
At the Covid Pavilion at the National Hospital of Nouakchott, everyone carefully follows the health protection measures. Wearing a mask is mandatory for both healthcare professionals than for vaccine candidates. During the first hours of the day, they were about thirty.
Among them, Moulaye Abdel Mouméne, happy to have been among the first to receive a dose of the Sinopharm vaccine: “I am the only one. I was Minister of Health and I am retired. I learned that there is vaccination and I was vaccinated because I think it is one of the best ways to slow down or suppress the epidemic. I hope that all Mauritanians will be vaccinated. The best solution is vaccination. ”
An opinion shared by Dr. El Hadi, who greets patients at the entrance to the Covid Pavilion: “I see no reason why someone with a chronic illness should not come and improve their vaccination coverage. This Covid has disturbed all equations of health thinking. “
Mauritania has so far received only 50,000 doses of the Sinopharm vaccine. But she is still waiting for 800,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine as part of the international coalition.
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