Coronavirus: Côte d Ivoire becomes second African country and first French-speaking country to receive vaccine doses via COVAX Facility
This marks the second batch that has been shipped and delivered to Africa by the COVAX Facility in an unprecedented effort to provide at least 2 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccine by the end of 2021
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, February 26, 2021/APO Group/
The COVAX initiative shipped 504,000 doses of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine, licensed by the Serum Institute of India, to India, and 505,000 syringes to Abidjan, on 26 February 2021. This marks the second batch that has been shipped and delivered to Africa by the COVAX Facility in an unprecedented effort to provide at least 2 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccine by the end of 2021.
Côte d Ivoire becomes second African country and first French-speaking country to receive vaccine doses via COVAX Facility
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Title OCHA hosts briefing on the humanitarian situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
24 Feb 2021
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In May 2020, flooding in Kindu, DRC, caused significant damage, including for this family. © OCHA/Alioune Ndiaye
OCHA hosted a virtual briefing today to update United Nations Member States and partners on the humanitarian situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where 19.6 million people are in dire need of assistance.
DRC continues to witness one of the most complex and long-standing humanitarian crises and in 2021, the country’s population will continue to face pressing needs. With 5.2 million displaced persons, DRC currently hosts the second-largest number of internally displaced persons in the world. The country also hosts 527,000 refugees from neighbouring countries.