Malawi To Make Covid Jabs Mandatory For Key Staff Including Health Workers & Journalists
Malawi will make Covid-19 vaccines mandatory for key staff, including health workers and journalists, from January, the health minister has said, as the government tries to boost its vaccination campaign amid a spike in cases.
"Uptake of vaccines has not been high enough towards reaching our goal of vaccinating at least 60% of eligible Malawians by the end of next year. The vaccine remains our best preventive tool," Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda was quoted by Reuters news agency as saying.
Official statistics show that about 641,000 people are fully vaccinated in Malawi. This amounts to just over 3% of the population, according to Reuters.
The southern African nation has seen a spike in daily Covid infections, with 318 new cases reported this week compared to less than 20 on most days in recent weeks, it adds.
The Omicron variant was discovered in the country last week.
Here are the latest Covid statistics tweeted by Malawi's health ministry:
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