Following the rise in the cases of Covid-19 in the country, Victoria University has taken up a lead to vaccinate all its students and the staff against the pandemic as a primary responsibility to keep its stakeholders healthy.
The learning institution made this announcement to both students and staff members so as to prevent them from losing their jobs and also curb the further spread of the virus.
The acting Vice-Chancellor of the university, Dr Lawrence Muganga said, “Students and staff overwhelmingly embraced the vaccination exercise adding that by doing so, they chose to create a safe learning community for themselves.”
“We are having different schools closing, different universities are having huge cases, so we don’t want to go to that level. We are saying to mitigate the risks, we had to heed the call of the government of Uganda, the Ministry of Health. We had to encourage our people to get vaccinated and we have really received an overwhelming response from staff and students,” he added.
“Their health, before even you talk about education, is a priority to us. When you have everyone vaccinated, it means they are getting safer, they are making their families safer, they are making the community where they come from safer,” he said.
Muganga called upon students and staff who have not yet been vaccinated to get their Covid-19 jab as soon as possible.
The Ministry of Health organised a mass Covid-19 vaccination camp at Kololo Independence Grounds to increase access to vaccine and tame the Covid-19 surge.
The country started the Covid-19 vaccination in March after receiving 964,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine through global sharing and the Indian government.
