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Rwanda ramps up jab campaign, inoculates travellers at bus stations

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Rwanda has ramped up its Covid-19 jab campaign, taking vaccines to bus stations and allowing inoculation for anyone who is 18 years and above. PHOTO | CYRIL NDEGEYA | NMG

By  Ange Iliza

Rwanda has taken its Covid-19 vaccination campaign to all public bus stations in the capital Kigali to encourage more people to get immunised.

The vaccines are also available in all health centres countrywide, and anybody above the age of 18 is eligible to get inoculated.

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