Zambia launches the COVID-19 vaccination
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The Honourable Minister of Health, Dr. Jonas Chanda officially launched the COVID-19 vaccination © WHO
The Honourable Minister of Health, Dr. Jonas Chanda officially launched the COVID-19 vaccination on 14 April 2021 at the University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka. Zambia received the first consignment of 228,000 doses of the vaccine from the COVAX facility, a global Initiative representing a partnership between the World Health Organization (WHO), Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI), United Nation’s Children Fund (UNICEF) and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) working on the equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines.
The voluntary COVID-19 vaccination exercise in the country is targeting a total of 8.4 million people above the age of 18 years. The National COVID -19 Vaccine Deployment Plan has prioritised frontline health workers who are essential in sustaining the COVID-19 response, thos
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Providing mobile meternity clinics to displaced women and babies in evacuation centers following devastating floods amidst COVID-19. © UNFPA Timor-Leste 2021
DILI April 13, 2021 The Government of Timor-Leste declared a one-month state of calamity in Dili and appealed for relief assistance last week to respond to effects of devastating floods that left more than 13,000 people displaced.
According to the Secretariat of State for Civil Protection the flash floods have claimed 46 lives while many are reported missing or presumed dead.
Strict lockdown in Dili, in place since early March, was temporarily suspended on April 9 to allow for flood response further worsening the risk of spread of COVID-19.