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Covid-19: Botswana halts vaccination in some regions
 
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Tue, 13 Apr 2021   ||   Botswana, BOTSWANA
 

The government in Botswana has stopped vaccination in some regions saying doses allocated to them have been depleted.

According to data from the Health Ministry, the country has so far vaccinated 17,808 people.

People in those regions have been advised to “wait for the next shipment.”

The government listed seven areas that will be affected.

The Health Ministry says “next vaccine shipment is expected in weeks.

Meanwhile, President Mokgweetsi Masisi has moved a night curfew to start at 22:00 local time (20:00 GMT) from the earlier start time of 20:00 local time.

So far, Botswana has 40,998 coronavirus cases including 663 deaths.

 

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