By A Correspondent- The government has deployed soldiers in Bulawayo’s vaccination centres in what it called efforts to notch up a targeted 10 million herd immunity by end of this year.

Members of the Zimbabwe National Army are conducting the inoculation exercise in collaboration with the Bulawayo City Council that has set up 33 stationary centres and 29 mobile ones in the country’s second capital.
Bulawayo is said to be targetting 400 000 to achieve city herd immunity.

In a notice to the public Monday, Town Clerk Christopher Dube said the outreach exercise involving the army is being conducted in Cowdray Park and Emganwini suburbs.

“The City of Bulawayo in conjunction with the Ministry of Health and Child Care and the Zimbabwe Defence Forces will be conducting a community outreach Covid-19 Vaccination Programme in Cowdray Park – Hlalani Kuhle Consortium Office and Emganwini (Food for Less Shopping Centre).
“The exercise which is part of ZDF’s Community Outreach programme will be from Tuesday, 3 August 2021 to Friday, 6 August 2021,” Dube said.
The city boss invited all residents above 18 to attend the inoculation exercise.