Uganda: Reopening Schools - Govt to Vaccinate 310,000 Students

20 September 2021

Up to 310,000 students in tertiary institutions will be vaccinated to pave way for the reopening of schools as Cabinet makes a final decision on the prolonged lockdown today, sources in government revealed.

The sources, who talked to Daily Monitor yesterday on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter, said tertiary institutions will be reopened first by November because of relatively low risk of Covid-19 spread but students will have to be vaccinated.

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