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Rolling out COVID-19 vaccines in Rwanda
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COVID-19 Vaccines packages to Ministry of Health Cold chain Warehouse © WHO
Kigali – Forty-eight hours after Rwanda received shipments of COVID-19 vaccines, vaccinations began in earnest, with high-risk population given priority. The country plans to vaccinate a third of the population in 2021 and double that figure next year.
On 3 March, Rwanda received 240 000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccines through the COVAX Facility as the vaccine-procurement platform began deliveries to Africa. So far 44 African countries have received COVID-19 vaccines and 32 of them started vaccinations.
Rwanda enhanced its cold-chain system in readiness to launch vaccination. The country now has a capacity to store about 300 000 vaccine doses thanks to five new ultra-cold refrigerators – one of the key readiness measures to acquire, store and distribute the vaccines.
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