“The association is deeply concerned as this could lead to an outbreak of Vaccine Preventable Disease like measles, polio, invasive pneumococcal and haemophilus influenza B compounding the effect of covid-19 pandemic.”
The association urges all parents and caregivers to ensure that their children receive routine immunization as scheduled to avert disease outbreak from vaccine preventable disease.
The association, however, encourages the centres to maintain social distancing and hand washing during immunization clinics.
Fatou Jaw Manneh has announced she wanted to run for presidency, but decided to shelve that idea for a later date, while calling on party leaders to remove President Adama Barrow following an alliance with the APRC.
Over 200 inmates and prison officers have been vaccinated against covid-19, according to the director general of the Gambia Prison Service (GPS).
Director general of National Centre for Arts and Culture (NCAC) has disclosed that the Covid-19 support for resilience and recovery fund currently being disbursed to the creative sector is a symbol of government readiness to do more for the sector.
