Mozambique: First batch of Covax vaccine doses arrive in Maputo – Watch

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Mozambique: First batch of Covax vaccine doses arrive in Maputo – Watch

12:54 CAT | 08 Mar 2021

Photo: Twitter / @SBeneditoEU

The first doses of the Covid-19 vaccine acquired by the government through the Covax initiative arrived in the country this Monday morning.

Covax is an international mechanism that aims to accelerate equitable access to appropriate, safe and effective vaccines for low-income countries.

According to a press release from the prime minister’s press office, the first batch consists of 384,000 doses. The document does not give the name of the vaccine.

Under the Covax program, Mozambique will receive a total of 12,332,897 doses, sufficient to immunise 20% of the country’s 6,166,449 population.

Assegurar que todos têm acesso à vacina contra #Covid19 é prioridade da #UE🇪🇺 e comunidade de parceiros da #Covax. Mais de 2.2 biliões 💶 canalizados pela #TeamEurope à #COVAX vão ajudar nesse fim e apoiar Moz🇲🇿 a cumprir o plano de vacinação. @UNICEF_Moz @OMSMocambique #USAID pic.twitter.com/3KZVK6U8Se

— Antonio Sánchez-Benedito Gaspar (@SBeneditoEU) March 8, 2021

Mozambique also this Monday morning was to receive 100,000 doses of the Covishield vaccine, manufactured by the Pharmaceutical Serum Institute of India – a donation from the Indian government. The Ministry of Health note does not provide details about the vaccine, although it is known that it was developed by the University of Oxford in partnership with the AstraZeneca pharmaceutical firm.

This Monday’s arrivals bring the total number of Covid-19 vaccine doses already available in the country to 684,000.

On February 24, Mozambique received, as a donation from the Chinese government, 200,000 doses of the Sinopharm vaccine, which has an efficiency of 79.3%.

The National Vaccination Plan, which started nation-wide this Monday with health officials, foresees immunising altogether close to 17 million Mozambicans (54.6% of the population).

Acaba de chegar a Moçambique🇲🇿 o primeiro lote de 384 mil vacinas da #COVID19 no âmbito da iniciativa #COVAX, fruto de esforços multi-parceiros pela saúde global e para assegurar que cidadãos moçambicanos a tenham acesso à vacina. @OMSMocambique @UNICEF_Moz @USAIDMozambique pic.twitter.com/ypwNVc00nE

— Antonio Sánchez-Benedito Gaspar (@SBeneditoEU) March 8, 2021

First batch of 384000 of #COVID19 #COVAXfacility vaccines arrived 2day in Mozambique🇲🇿, of a total of 2.064. 000 doses expected over the coming weeks/months.This #TeamEurope & partners effort will support Govt🇲🇿 Vaccination Plan with #safevaccines to its citizens. @eu_eeas pic.twitter.com/Krr1K0UHje

— Antonio Sánchez-Benedito Gaspar (@SBeneditoEU) March 8, 2021

Source: Carta de Moçambique