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COVID patients receive treatment at the St. Luke Foundation for Haiti Hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on July 16. The country received its first shipment of COVID vaccine doses in July.
In the wake of one of the most devastating moments in Haiti's arduous history, there has been a bright spot.
One week after Haiti's president was assassinated, the country's first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines finally arrived.
President Jovenel Moïse was shot a dozen times in his private residence on July 7. Despite the political chaos, social disruption and a national "state of siege" that followed the killing, Haiti has now launched a mass COVID-19 immunization drive for health care workers and people over age 65. Haiti is one of the last countries in the world to make the vaccine available.