Malawi COVAX vaccine roll-out news
Today, Malawi received 160,800 #CovidVaccines, donated by the Government of #Sweden, through #COVAX. This will help expand @MalawiGovt's vaccination coverage and protect more people in #Malawi. @WHOMalawi @UNMalawi @gavi @CEPIvaccines @EUinMalawi @UNICEFSupply @UNICEFAfrica pic.twitter.com/8fnVolBw5O
— UNICEF Malawi (@MalawiUNICEF) August 28, 2021
More #COVID19 vaccines arrived in Malawi last Saturday via #COVAX as UK Govt. donated 119,040 doses of #AstraZeneca vaccine to the country. Minister of Health Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda said the vaccines will boost Malawi's fight against the pandemic. pic.twitter.com/D2BmIkFdrE
— UN Malawi (@UNMalawi) August 16, 2021
@StateDeptSpox: The United States proudly announces the successful delivery of 302,400 doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to Malawi via @gavi, #COVAX, in partnership with @_AfricanUnion. We are one step closer to our goal of a COVID-free world. pic.twitter.com/UYIWwhlb5M
— U.S. Embassy Lilongwe (@USEmbassyLLW) August 8, 2021
The wait is finally over! On Saturday 🇲🇼 #Malawi received 192,000 #AstraZeneca doses from 🇫🇷 #France through the #COVAX Facility. pic.twitter.com/k2X7MdtqFK
— WHO African Region (@WHOAFRO) July 26, 2021
16 April 2021
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Traditional and religious leaders spearhead COVID-19 immunisation in Malawi
Communities often look to their traditional and religious leaders when it comes to advice on how to live. In Malawi, they are stepping to the fore.
By Josephine Chinele
15 April 2021
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No VIP treatment: Malawi aims for an equitable COVID-19 vaccine roll-out
Since the first consignment of COVAX doses arrived in Malawi in mid-March, vaccination centres like Chileka Health Centre, just outside Blantyre, have recorded enthusiastic turn-out.
By Josephine Chinele
22 March 2021
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The path to normalcy- COVID-19 vaccine roll out in Malawi
“It hurts to see people die after doing everything you could to save them. It hurts to also know that the power to save them is not in your hands. I think this vaccine is that power which will help us save lives. I am not only relieved but empowered to do more,” said nurse Helen after getting the COVID-19 vaccine.
@ UNICEF Malawi/2021/Thoko Chikondi – Leading by example: Malawi's President gets the COVID-19 vaccine
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Leading by example!
— UNICEF Malawi (@MalawiUNICEF) March 11, 2021
President Lazarus Chakwera and Vice President Saulos Chilima were first in line to get vaccinated today as they launched the #COVID19 vaccination campaign today in Zomba and Mzuzu. pic.twitter.com/zoq3bizNeJ
Meet Daisy Simenza, a nurse at Mzuzu Central Hospital who was one of the first frontline health workers to receive the #COVID19 vaccine. pic.twitter.com/i4H132oqV6
— UNICEF Malawi (@MalawiUNICEF) March 11, 2021
5 March 2021
360,000 doses of COVAX vaccine arrive in Malawi
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The COVAX Facility shipped 360,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine from Serum Institute of India from Mumbai, India, to Lilongwe, Malawi. The delivery is part of a first wave of arrivals in Africa, and the first tranche of allocations for Malawi, that will continue in the coming months and year through the COVAX Facility.
The Government of the Republic of Malawi has also received 360,000 bundled syringes and 3,625 safety boxes for safe disposal of syringes for COVID 19 vaccination through the COVAX Facility. An additional 2.1 million syringes and 21,600 safety boxes have been dispatched by sea for Malawi arriving mid-March.
*SII-AstraZeneca (COVISHIELD) vaccine, licensed and manufactured by Serum Institute of India
**AZ: AstraZeneca (AZD1222) vaccine, manufactured by AstraZeneca
