1.4mn doses of COVID-19 vaccine arrive in Afghanistan
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10 Jul 2021, 03:18 GMT+10
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 9 (ANI): More than 1.4 million doses of the JohnsonJohnson COVID-19 vaccine arrived today in Afghanistan, the United Nations Children s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday.
Donated by the United States to COVAX, the 1,484,900 doses were delivered through the COVAX Facility s dose-sharing scheme to the Government of Afghanistan, UNICEF said in a statement.
This is the first of two vaccine consignments to arrive this month, bringing the total donation to around 3.3 million doses. These vaccines arrive at a critical time for Afghanistan as the country faces a difficult surge in COVID-19 infections, said UNICEF Representative in Afghanistan Herve Ludovic De Lys.
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