Covid vaccine shortage: What next for Uganda?

Daily Monitor
Monday May 24 2021
A health worker takes records during the launch of the Covid-29 vaccination at Mulago hospital on March 10. PHOTO/KELVIN ATUHAIRE
Summary
Prof David Sserwadda, the head of the committee that the government established to advise on vaccine access and deployment, told this newspaper that they are majorly looking for AstraZeneca (AZ) vaccines from two other countries.
The J&J vaccine that President Museveni said the country will go for is a single-shot American-made on, which has already been approved by World Health Organisation (WHO).
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With 50 per cent of donated 964,000 doses of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines already used up, pressure is mounting on the government to get in more doses even after India suspended exports.

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