Eswatini COVAX vaccine roll-out news
19 April 2021
ARTICLE
“A ray of sunshine”: COVAX vaccines reinvigorate health workers in Eswatini
The delivery of vaccines has gone a long way to alleviating the fears and pressure on healthcare workers in Eswatini.
By Nonduduzo Kunene
14 April 2021
ARTICLE
“I can only run away from death for so long”: Vaccinating Elders in Eswatini
The delivery of COVID-19 vaccines to Eswatini through COVAX means the elderly now have a chance to protect themselves against the disease.
By Zanta Nkumane
The Kingdom of Eswatini has received its first batch of COVID19 vaccines from the global COVAX facility. The batch is made up of 12 000 doses of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine & brings the total number of doses received by the country so far to 32 000. pic.twitter.com/Mfu2xPDJaa
— Eswatini Government (@EswatiniGovern1) March 13, 2021
13 March 2021 13:41 CET
Minister of Health Lizzie Nkosi. Credit: Eswatini Government
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We receive these vaccines with gratitude & we look forward to receiving more vaccines from the COVAX facility. This vaccine will protect against severe illness & by so doing it will reduce the numbers of deaths from COVID-19.
Minister of Health Lizzie Nkosi
*SII-AstraZeneca (COVISHIELD) vaccine, licensed and manufactured by Serum Institute of India
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