Rwanda Set To vaccinate Children Between Age of 12 and 18

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KIGALI– News reaching our news desk indicates that Rwanda is going to administer COVID-19 vaccination to young children aged between 12 and 18.

According to the statement that was released by the Rwandan health ministry yesterday the exercise will start tomorrow Tuesday.

This will begin in the capital city Kigali and later expand to other areas countrywide, it added.

Legal consent for vaccination of the adolescents will be signed by their parents or guardians, according to the statement.

Rwandan State Minister in charge of Primary Healthcare, Tharcisse Mpunga explained that all adolescents in this age group are encouraged to go for vaccination. 

Mpunga said the country has so far managed to fully vaccinate a total of 2,917,604 people and more than five million people have so far received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine.