By Issah Aliga
Uganda has received a donation of 299,520 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine from the Government of the UK under the dose sharing arrangement. The vaccines received by Hon. Margaret Muhanga will be distributed by National Medical Stores to all health facilities to ensure vaccination is ongoing.
This week the UK will continue delivering COVID-19 vaccines around the world, including to Uganda, to ensure equitable access to the vaccines and help tackle the pandemic. In July Foreign Secretary Mr. Dominic Raab announced that the UK would begin delivering nine million COVID-19 vaccines around the world.
Five million of these doses are being offered to the COVAX Facility to ensure equitable, global access to COVID-19 vaccines. Through the COVAX Facility, the much-needed vaccines will urgently be distributed to lower-income countries, including Uganda, via an equitable allocation system, which prioritizes timely delivery to people who most need them. Another four million doses will be shared directly with countries in need.
As part of this Uganda has received 299,520 doses of the University of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, made by Oxford Biomedica in Oxford and packaged in Wrexham, North Wales.
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