Mozambique: Country receives 330,000 more vaccine doses from Belgium, Norway

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Mozambique: Country receives 330,000 more vaccine doses from Belgium, Norway

8:30 CAT | 21 Oct 2021

Photo: Twitter / @UNICEF_Moz

Mozambique on Wednesday received around 330,000 doses of coronavirus vaccines donated by the Norwegian and Belgian governments, as part of the Covax international mechanism to support vaccination.

According to the statement, 179,800 doses of vaccines were donated by the Norwegian government and 149,760 by Belgium, totalling 329,560 doses.

According to the document, the donation “complements the 1,318,560 vaccine doses already obtained by the Mozambican government,” with the support of “several partners, as part of the Covax initiative.

According to the latest figures from the Ministry of Health, around two million people have been vaccinated in Mozambique, almost 12 percent of the 17 million people that the government aims to reach by the end of 2022.

The third phase of vaccination started today in the country and is expected to cover about seven million people until March 2022, including pregnant and lactating women of at least 18 years old and three weeks of gestation, according to the Health authorities.

The vaccination process in Mozambique began in March, covering priority groups, including health professionals and police officers, followed in August by mass vaccination.

Mozambique has an accumulated total of 1,927 deaths and 151,136 cases, 98% of which have recovered.

🇲🇿 149,760 #COVID19 vaccine doses donated by the Belgian federal and Flemish government through the #COVAX mechanism have arrived in #Mozambique.

Our countries have a long-standing partnership. Belgium supports COVAX because no one is safe until everyone is safe. pic.twitter.com/HOgqAORbHw

— 🇧🇪 Belgium MFA (@BelgiumMFA) October 20, 2021

Today, at Mavalane Int. Airport in Maputo, Mozambique received 179,800 doses of Astra Zenica vaccines donated by Norway. The delivery was organized by @UNICEF_Moz and @SaudeMisau. In this pandemic, no one is safe until all are. Norway is proud to support the COVAX initiative. pic.twitter.com/JG5HJlSAFc

— Norway in Mozambique (@NorwayInMoz) October 20, 2021