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Forced Covid-19 vaccination on children leaves parents in despair
Joshua Agaba, a 10-year-old pupil at Rwanja Parents Primary school in
Mitooma District, was vaccinated with a Pfizer vaccine dose, which is
not recommended for his age group and even without his parent’s consent.
His
father, Mr Everest Nuwagaba from Mbarara city, told Daily Monitor
yesterday that he became concerned when Agaba started experiencing
adverse reactions after the vaccination in March at the school.
“They [school administrators] didn’t tell me about the vaccination. I
quarrelled with them when I realised that my son was vaccinated and was
experiencing unusual ear complications,” he said.
Mr Nuwagaba
added: “They never informed any parent about the vaccination. Most of
the children vaccinated were underage. My child is just 10 years. He has
not been fine but they are keeping him in school [boarding section].”
We couldn’t independently verify whether ear complication was directly caused by the vaccine.
Mr Ray Ankunda, the head teacher, instead blamed the district health office.
“The
district health team came to us and said they want to vaccinate
children above 12 years. The time was too short to communicate to
parents,” Mr Ankunda said.
“The vaccination was done last term. I had
told children who are 12 years and above to come for vaccination, so
maybe he [Agaba] didn’t get my instruction,” he added.
Health
workers have been trained on who should be vaccinated with specific
types of vaccines, according to the Ministry of Health.
Dr Sadic Byamugisha, the Mitooma health officer, denied the
allegations, saying they are just planning to start the mass vaccination
of children aged 12-17 years next week.
“I am not aware of that
because we have just received the vaccines for children today. We are
beginning the vaccination on June 21. We are still waiting for guidance
from the Ministry of Health but we are still targeting those in the
villages but we also want to do it in schools if the parents’ consent,”
he told this newspaper.
However, Mr Nuwagaba is not the only one
who is complaining about the vaccination of children without the consent
of parents, even as the Health ministry officials have repeatedly
assured the public that no child has been or will be vaccinated without
the consent of the parent or caretaker.
Mr Mathias Nsubuga, another parent, told this newspaper yesterday in
Kampala that his 14-year-old daughter, Recheal Namiiro, was vaccinated
with Pfizer on November 29, 2021, at St Monica Birongo, a health
facility in Kalungu District, without his consent.
“After that
vaccination, she has been fainting and experiencing a lot of headaches. I
went to Mengo hospital and they have recommended that we should do a CT
scan on the brain. I have to do it to understand the harm,” he said,
claiming that it was caused by the vaccine. He said her daughter’s
learning has been disrupted.
According to the information on
her vaccination card which this reporter saw, Namiiro got her first jab
on the above date and second shot on January 3 at the health facility.
Namiiro
told this reporter after returning from Mengo hospital that: “I started
experiencing this after the vaccination. I am also feeling chest pain.”
She is a student at Midland High School Mukono campus, according to her
parents.
The medical form from Mengo Hospital indicates that Namiiro
has “conversion disorder/hysteria and upper respiratory tract
infection.”
Conversion disorder, according to scientists, is a neurological
system disorder where a person experiences physical and sensory
problems, such as paralysis, numbness, blindness, and deafness. The
Mengo hospital doctor didn’t link the condition to the Pfizer vaccine.
A
study about Pfizer vaccine side effects among recipients published last
year by an American scientist, Dr Renuka Kadali, indicates that
“musculoskeletal symptoms were in 428/803 (53.3percent); neurological
symptoms, 102/803 (12.7 percent); head/ear/eyes/nose/throat symptoms,
97/803 (12.08 percent).”
The Director General of Health services, Dr Henry Mwebesa, had last
year recommended vaccination of children 12-17 years who have underlying
conditions such as sickle cell. Namiiro’s parents said their daughter
doesn’t have any comorbidities. We couldn’t independently verify it.
Mr
Nsubuga said when he enquired from the ministry about the his
daughter;s situation, they responded that: “It is the mandate of the
ministry to make these decisions. Let’s believe first that no one wishes
any Ugandan harm, and all these decisions are for the greater good.”
When these issues were presented to the national Covid-19 vaccination
commander, Dr Daniel Kyabayinze, he said: “Stop the rumours. We don’t
even have AstraZeneca in store.”
He said 317,000 children have been vaccinated against Covid-19, and that “some have comorbidities.”
Mr
Emmanuel Ainebyoona, the Health ministry spokesperson, said they are
investigating issues of adverse reaction after the Covid-19 vaccination.
“We
released the guidelines on which vaccine to administer for a particular
age group. Any health worker that violates will be culpable. Our team
is still investigating the issue of adverse reactions,” Mr Ainebyoona
said.
Vaccines in stock
Dr Jane Ruth Aceng, the Health minister, yesterday said the country has only Pfizer vaccine for children aged 12-17 years. “Vaccination of children 12-17 years will only be undertaken if parents accept their children to be vaccinated. We are still having discussions with the Ministry of Education, Local Government, and the parents in regard to this. If the parents want this done, it will be during the holiday season and parents will be requested to willingly take their children,” she said. “We don’t have vaccines for children 5-11 years. We shall only bring in the vaccines for these children [5-11 years] if the parents request that we bring them in,” she added.
Covid vaccination banned in schools
https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/covid-vaccination-banned-in-schools-3849302
Under the new government directive, no child should be vaccinated while at school and no school should be turned into vaccination centre.
The head teachers in both public and private schools have also been warned against illegal Covid vaccination mandates.
Speaking to journalists in Kampala yesterday, the State Minister of Education, Dr Joyce Kaducu, reiterated the First Lady’s position that no child should be vaccinated without the consent of parents or guardians.
Even where the parent(s) consent, the minister maintained that children should be vaccinated from hospitals and other designated centres.
“For you to vaccinate the children, their parents, guardian or sponsors must consent. And this process means that we must not vaccinate at schools. That means you go with your daughter or son to a vaccination centre. You have to consent before vaccination is done, “Dr Kaducu said.
“This matter is being taken to Cabinet that will approve modalities of where do we want to vaccinate, whom do you want to vaccinate and who is to consent. Cabinet will approve and Ugandans will be informed, but for now, no vaccinations at schools are allowed. This is our position on this issue and it’s clear,” she added.
Responding to Dr Kaducu’s directive, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health , Dr Diana Atwine, yesterday reiterated that the vaccination will be conducted at health facilities and other designated areas.
“We will not do Covid-19 vaccination from schools, we encourage parents to take their children to health facilities and any other vaccination centres,” she said.
Dr Atwine said vaccination of children against Covid would commence during second term holidays.
According to the Ministry of Education and Sports school calendar for this year, second term holidays will run from August 13 to September 4.
The chairman of the National Private Educational Institutions Association, Mr Hasadu Kirabira, said the ideal would be for the Ministry of Health to vaccinate children from schools if they are to capture a bigger number of learners.
Mr Kirabira said vaccination is necessary because schools are finding hard times to encourage learners especially in over populated schools to maintain some of the standard operating procures such as, maintaining social distance and wearing masks.
“I am of the view that it takes place within schools. The schools would consent parents and after invite Ministry of Health to vaccinate children who do not have other health complication to be able to capture a bigger number of learners if we are to fight Covid in schools. Vaccinating learners from villages may not yield expected results,” Mr Kirabira said.
SOPs observance
Citing resurgence of Covid-19 infections in the country, Dr Kaducu urged schools to reinforce implementation of Covid -19 standard operating procedures to prevent the spread of the virus in schools.
“Covid-19 threat is real. The Ministry of Health has registered new cases and schools should ensure that SOPs are observed,” she said. According to the ministry officials, the country now loses about two people to Covid-19 on a daily basis.
