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ARE SPOUSES OF FRONTLINE WORKERS ON PRIORITY LIST?
HON. MISIHAIRABWI: Thank you very much Mr Speaker Sir. I am sure you will allow me to thank the Minister for the presentation. #WhereAreOurVaccinesZW #OpenCovidContracts @ZIMCODD1 @ZimRightsLIVE @kubatana @CitManifesto

HON. MISIHARABWI: My first question to the Minister and Vice President is to do with the figures that you have given us in terms of the targets, particularly for the first phase. #WhereAreOurVaccinesZW #OpenCovidContracts

HON. MISIHAIRABWI: If you are looking at your frontline workers, you are only looking at workers not necessarily their partners. When we look at partners those figures substantially change. May you explain how it is feasible to just do one person & not necessarily their partner?

HON. MISIHAIRABWI: The 2nd question is - if vaccination is really to create head immunity, one does not get a sense that we are hearing of the role of private sector; that is the majority of your people Hon. VP go to private doctors and there is a lot of money in that area.

HON MISIHAIRABWI: We are paying medical aid and one does not understand why if one is paying medical aid, CIMAS and all the monies that we are paying and a vaccine is at a cost of $5. #WhereAreOurVaccinesZW #OpenCovidContracts

HON. MISIHAIRABWI: Why are we then asking Govt of Zimbabwe to cover that particular cost instead of creating the head immunity by ensuring that the private sector comes in? In that line, one is also wondering why as Govt we are saying every citizen has to get vaccinated for free

HON. MISIHAIRABWI: What is the logic of having somebody who lives in the low-density suburb and drives Merc competing for the same vaccine with somebody who is at Mbare or Tsholotsho? #WhereAreOurVaccinesZW #OpenCovidContracts

HON. MISIHAIRABWI: Why are we not clearly demarcating ourselves because our system is very clear, we have the public sector health and the private sector health? #WhereAreOurVaccinesZW #OpenCovidContacts

HON. MISIHAIRABWI: Why are we not creating a situation where those that are in the private sector also go into that vaccination so that we can create a large number of people and deal with the issue of head immunity?

HON. MISIHAIRABWI: In the presentation, I did not hear anything that speaks to how the private sector is going to be involved.

The third one, the Hon. Vice President indicated that we have 15 vaccines currently. What is going to happen when the vaccination is taking place?

HON. MISIHAIRABWI: Are we going to have a situation where we have just a few of those vaccines because you have to do one dose and have a second dose or are we going to have a situation where today we have a Russian vaccine, the Chinese vaccine?

HON. MISIHAIRABWI: Are there choices to the vaccine that you are having because you cannot have a mixture of the Russian vaccine and have the Indian vaccine tomorrow, particularly in circumstances where you are dealing with pregnant women?

HON. MISIHAIRABWI: Are pregnant women going to be vaccinated also? Are there serious problems associated with getting vaccines for pregnant women? #WhereAreOurVaccinesZW #OpenCovidContracts @WiPSUZim @LeadWomens @CitManifesto @wlsazim

VP CHIWENGA: Mr Speaker Sir, as I respond to Hon. Members’ questions, I have got a team of scientists and expects who I will ask when it comes to a particular area where they are required to respond if you may allow me.

VP CHIWENGA: If I might start with the first questions asked by Hon. Misihairabwi-Mushonga. The frontline workers have got partners, yes. Everyone who would have come to majority age will have a partner.

VP CHIWENGA: That issue we are dealing with people who are going in to handle patients who are affected by this deadly virus. In the hospital, we have the red and green zone.

VP CHIWENGA: Even at the reception, when one comes trying to get the assistance of the doctor the individual does not know whether he or she has been affected by the disease. It is only after diagnosis that they will recognise that they have been affected by the disease.

VP CHIWENGA: So, it is during that time that we need to protect our workers. Everybody is going to be protected. Let us get that one clear. But who is our first priority? These wake up everyday but the partner might be working somewhere else.

VP CHIWENGA: So the partner has to wash up, mask up, sanitise and social distance to ensure they are safe. This however does not happen to frontline worker who is dealing with the people affected. Hon. Misihairabwi-Mushonga, we are aware of that and everybody will be vaccinated.

VP CHIWENGA: It will not take too long but with what we have at the present moment, let us pay attention to those in great danger. You went further to ask the role of the private sector. #WhereAreOurVaccinesZW #OpenCovidContracts @ZIMCODD1 @CitManifesto @kubatana @ZimRightsLIVE

VP CHIWENGA: A lot has happened and if I was going to advise the Hon. House what has taken place to date, we would go until midnight. It was on the 26th that we had a meeting with the corporate sector. They are involved in this whole program. #WhereAreOurVaccinesZW