MINISTRY of Health Permanent Secretary for Technical Services Dr Kennedy Malama says government will not hesitate to retreat from the ongoing COVID-19 vaccination programme if it notices the need to do so. Speaking when he featured on ZNBC’s Sunday interview, Dr Malama said so far no major side effects had been reported among those that had been vaccinated, and that government remained resolute to build on that. “We have now vaccinated 706 and we have not recorded anything worrisome. It’s just a headache, pain on the muscle. We have systems of contacting those who have been vaccinated but again as the numbers increase, we will not contact everyone who has been vaccinated. So far, no major side effects [have been]...

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