Uganda has received an additional 153,900 and 501,153 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines from Belgium and France, respectively. The consignment came in last night according to National Medical Stores spokesperson Sheila Nduhukire.
On Monday this week, Uganda also 1,674,270 doses of Pfizer vaccine from the US Government in support of the ongoing COVID-19 vaccination exercise.
The consignment was received by officials from the Ministry of Health and the US Mission in Uganda. It was the largest consignment of COVID-19 vaccines received to date.
Since this year March, the country has received various vaccine donations from different countries. The vaccines have so far been administered to 1,777,685 people.
Yesterday President Yoweri Museveni eased the covid-19 restrictions in some sectors but other sectors like schools, concerts, and bars among others remained closed as he said at least 5 million people must be vaccinated for the sectors to reopen.
Vaccination is ongoing in different parts of the country.