The prospect of continued COVID-19 inoculations throughout April is now looking up, with Minister of Health and Wellness Dr Christopher Tufton indicating the country’s expected receipt of 121,000 more COVID-19 vaccine doses.
The announcement was made during today’s (April 1) COVID Conversations held by the Ministry of Health and Wellness.
Of the 121,000 doses, 75,000 will come from the African Medical Supplies Platform (AMSP), 26,000 will come from the COVAX facility and 20,000 have been procured through commercial sources.
The shipments from the AMSP and COVAX will be more of the AstraZeneca vaccine while those from commercial sources will account for the country’s first shipment of the Moderna vaccine.
The country is expected to begin receiving these vaccine shipments as early as this weekend in the case of the 75,000 from the AMSP, and the others are expected in the weeks thereafter.
The combined 121,000 vaccine doses will bring to 185,400 the total number of vaccine doses to arrive in the country.
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