Pretoria, 07 January, 2021 / 5:10 pm (ACI Africa).
There is no proper information on the COVID-19 vaccine that is set to be administered to South Africans to combat the coronavirus, which is fast spreading in the country, a Catholic Bishop in the country has said.
In an interview with ACI Africa earlier this week, Bishop Joseph Kizito of South Africa’s Aliwal Diocese said that there is a lot of distorted information about the vaccine and that the situation is already causing a lot of anxiety among the people.
The Ugandan-born Bishop called upon the South African government to educate the masses on the safety and possible side effects of the vaccine.
“The only information that the people have about the COVID-19 vaccine is constructed from rumors because no one has provided them with proper information concerning the vaccine. Some are already saying that the vaccine is about globalization and that those who are inoculated will not be able to bear children,” Bishop Kizito told ACI Africa Monday, January 4.
He added, “As Shepherds of these people, we must get assurance about the safety of the vaccine to reassure the people. At the moment, there isn’t such information and we don’t know what to tell them.”