Uganda COVAX vaccine roll-out news
Yesterday evening 299,520 doses of #COVID19 vaccines donated by the United Kingdom🇬🇧 to #Uganda 🇺🇬 arrived.
— UNICEF Uganda (@UNICEFUganda) August 19, 2021
These vaccines will support #Uganda’s response to the #COVID19 pandemic. #COVIDvaccinationUG #COVAX pic.twitter.com/WsADDzgZ7x
12 April 2021
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Over 50 health workers in Uganda have lost their lives to COVID-19 – a huge toll for a country with just 0.17 doctors per thousand people in some areas. With remaining health workers overworked and vulnerable, some relief has come in the form of COVAX vaccinations.
By Dicta Asiimwe
#Uganda began vaccinating #HealthWorkers against #COVID19 earlier today, after receiving 964k #vaccines through the #COVAX Facility last week. #VaccinesWork #VaccinEquity pic.twitter.com/v3Fs55cjdi
— Mohamed M. M. Fall (@MohamedFall) March 10, 2021
5 March 2021
864,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines delivered. Health care providers, security personnel, teachers, journalists, persons aged 50 years and above and those with underlying health conditions to benefit from phase one of vaccination.
*SII-AstraZeneca (COVISHIELD) vaccine, licensed and manufactured by Serum Institute of India
**AZ: AstraZeneca (AZD1222) vaccine, manufactured by AstraZeneca
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