Without mentioning the exact date, the Traffic Police Spokesperson, Faridah Nampiima told journalists on Monday they will soon start checking drivers and their conductors for COVID-19 vaccination cards.
The Directorate of
Traffic Police has announced plans to mount checkpoints to arrest drivers and conductors without COVID-19 vaccination cards.
Without mentioning the exact date, the Traffic Police
Spokesperson, Faridah Nampiima told journalists on
Monday they will soon start checking drivers and their conductors for COVID-19
vaccination cards.
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Police
Spokesperson, Fred Enanga, says that police would start using the Health Ministry online portal to help detect forged COVID-19 certificates.
“The vaccination cards had
the serial numbers and all records were taken and stored in the database at the
Ministry of Health. And it is against this database that we shall be running
and conducting proof of vaccination when the operations intensify. So, the
digital vaccine verification database will make our work much easier,” Enanga said.
He
warned those carrying fake vaccination
cards or involved in their production to be ready for the consequences when the operations start.
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Last week, the Works and Transport Minister, General Edward Katumba
Wamala, said it would be difficult to
detect forged vaccination cards, especially by operators. He said police would enforce the wearing of face masks.
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