THE country’s vaccination drive has received yet another boost after the arrival of more doses of the lifesaving jab.
Zimbabwe has received 943 200 COVID-19 vaccines from the
global COVAX Facility to complement ongoing national vaccine deployment.
This is in addition to the 12 million doses that have
already been procured and donated to the country.
“We as Zimbabwe welcome the support coming in from covax in
the country’s drive to reach herd immunity,” said Dr John Mangwiro the Deputy
Minister of Health and Child Care.
The United Nations country Representative Ms Maria Ribeiro
says the support under COVAX is in the true aspiration of the world health
organisation in leaving no one behind.
“We are pushing to leaving no one behind in fighting
covid-19.”
The COVAX Facility is a global partnership comprised of the
Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), Gavi, the Vaccine
Alliance, UNICEF and WHO, established to facilitate equitable access to
COVID-19 vaccines for all countries.
More than three hundred million doses have been distributed
across the globe under the facility. ZBC
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