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COVAX vaccine roll-out
Solomon Islands

First doses received: 19 March 2021
Doses received: 24,000 SII-AstraZeneca (COVISHIELD) vaccine*
Doses allocated: 108,000

COVAX vaccine roll-out
Solomon Islands

First doses received: 19 March 2021
Doses received: 24,000 SII-AstraZeneca (COVISHIELD) vaccine*
Doses allocated: 108,000

Solomon Islands COVAX vaccine roll-out news

24 Mar 2021 10:01 CET

Solomon Islands today started #COVID19 vaccination, with health workers & public servants on the frontline among the first to receive doses. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare & Minister for Health & Medical Services Dr Culwick Togamana were also among the first recipients.📷TahueA pic.twitter.com/xJ9joPkNaF
— World Health Organization Western Pacific (@WHOWPRO) March 24, 2021

19 Mar 2021 7:28 CET

Another historic moment for the Pacific!

24,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine in the Solomon Islands today marks the second batch of vaccines to arrive in the Pacific region.

UNICEF is proud to have procured and delivered these as part of the COVAX initiative. pic.twitter.com/UJiZuST8PN
— UNICEF Pacific (@UNICEFPacific) March 19, 2021

*SII-AstraZeneca (COVISHIELD) vaccine, licensed and manufactured by Serum Institute of India

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