PHARMACEUTICAL expert Jerome Kanyika says government must consider using alternative means to quicken the procurement of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, saying September is too far for people to wait. On Tuesday, Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary for Technical Services Dr Kennedy Malama announced that government and the World Bank had mobilised resources to procure 4.4 million doses of Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Dr Malama however, said the vaccines were expected in the country in September 2021. But in interview, Kanyika said government should consider engaging other countries that had stopped administering the Johnson & Johnson vaccine and secure the vaccines to Zambia. “As we all know there are some other countries that have stopped administering the Johnson & Johnson...

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