COVID-19 vaccines shipped by COVAX arrive in Sierra Leone
Format
Freetown, Sierra Leone, Monday 8 March 2021 - Today, Sierra Leone received the first batch of 96,000 doses of the AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccine shipped via the COVAX Facility, a partnership between the Government Sierra Leone, CEPI, Gavi, UNICEF and WHO. This is a historic step towards our goal to ensure equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines globally, in what will be the largest vaccine procurement and supply operation in history. The delivery is part of a first wave of arrivals of an initial 528,000 doses that will continue till end of May 2021.
On 6 March 2021, COVAX shipped 96,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine, licensed and manufactured by Serum Institute (PVT) Limited from Maharashtra, India, to Freetown, Sierra Leone, arriving in the evening of 8 March 2021. The arrival of this first batch of 528,000 doses will kick start the vaccination of 20% of Sierra Leone’s 8,000,000 population as part of t
Caricom and the Covid-19 vaccine
antiguaobserver.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from antiguaobserver.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Strengthening consumer protection in the provision of health services (including e-health) in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic - PAHO/WHO
paho.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from paho.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Mobilising evidence, data, and resources to achieve global maternal and child undernutrition targets and the Sustainable Development Goals: an agenda for action
thelancet.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thelancet.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Where Research Meets Response: Supporting the Fight Against Covid-19 in Barbados
Direct Relief calculated increased vulnerability to Covid-19 in Barbados, and responded accordingly with support to the Barbados Defense Force.
Barbados, shown in Direct Relief s Covid-19 International Vulnerability Index map. (Direct Relief image)
For months, Barbados avoided a major outbreak of Covid-19.
At the end of 2020, the island nation – with a population of about 287,000 people – had seen fewer than 350 cases, and only seven deaths, said Lieutenant Colonel Junior Browne of the Barbados Defense Force.
But then, tourist season started.
“With more people coming in, there was a greater chance of something happening, and that led to community spread eventually,” Browne said.