COVID-19 vaccines shipped by COVAX arrive in Fiji
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Suva - Fiji became the first country in the Pacific islands to receive COVID-19 vaccine doses shipped via the COVAX Facility, a partnership between CEPI, Gavi, UNICEF and WHO. This is a historic step towards achieving the goal to ensure equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines globally, in what will be the largest vaccine procurement and supply operation in history.
The arrival of 12,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine marks the first batch of vaccines to arrive in the Pacific region under the COVAX Facility, in its unprecedented effort to deliver at least two billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines by the end of 2021.
COVID-19 vaccines shipped by COVAX arrive in Fiji
COVID-19 vaccines shipped by COVAX arrive in Fiji 6 March 2021
Suva, Fiji
The Fijian Prime Minister Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama, Acting WHO representative to the South Pacific, Dr.Akeem Ali and UNICEF Pacific Representative Sheldon Yett receiving COVID-19 vaccines in Fiji
Suva - Fiji became the first country in the Pacific islands to receive COVID-19 vaccine doses shipped via the COVAX Facility, a partnership between CEPI, Gavi, UNICEF and WHO. This is a historic step towards achieving the goal to ensure equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines globally, in what will be the largest vaccine procurement and supply operation in history.
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The World Health Organization regional office for the Americas in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 26, 2020.Bloomberg photo by Stefani Reynolds.
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