South Sudan to receive Covid-19 vaccine this month
Tuesday February 09 2021
A box containing vials of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine is pictured at the Foch hospital in Suresnes, France, on February 6, 2021, on the start of a vaccination campaign for health workers with the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine. PHOTO | AFP
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Dr Guracha Guyo, South Sudan’s World Health Organization Emergency Coordinator, who addressed vaccine myths, said there is no reason to worry about safety.
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South Sudan will receive its first consignment of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine before the end of February.
As of Monday, South Sudan had recorded 4,532 Covid-19 infections since the pandemic was first reported in the country. It had also recorded 3,709 recoveries and a death toll of 68.