HEALTH Minister Sylvia Masebo says a technical team at the Ministry of Health is deliberating on whether the government will procure COVID-19 booster vaccines. Responding to a question in Parliament from Chama North PF member of parliament Yotam Mtayachalo on whether government had plans to procure COVID-19 booster vaccines to improve the protection of citizens against the virus, Masebo said procurement of the same would depend on the decision that would be made following the policy recommendations by the technical team. “Allow me to begin by explaining what is meant by COVID-19 booster vaccines in order to provide the context of my response to the question. Simply put, when an individual has full vaccination or whether one dose or two...

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