On March 8, U.N. Resident Coordinator Myrta Kaulard, eft, and UNICEF Representative in Mozambique Maria Luisa Fornara meet the first COVAX shipment of nearly 384,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine upon arrival n Maputo. Another 2.4 million doses are expected o reach the country by the end of May. “The vaccine arrival today plants hope into all of us that soon we will be able to bring this suffering to an end," said Fornara. It is the light at the end of the tunnel. And the idea behind the COVAX facility is that this light at the end of the tunnel must shine for all.” © UNICEF/UN0427475/
On March 5, at Modibo Keita International Airport in Bamako, UNICEF Representative in Mali Sylvie Fouet, left, and WHO Representative in Mali Dr. Jean Pierre Baptiste celebrate the arrival of Mali's first shipment of 396,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines procured by COVAX. A total of about 1.4 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine will be delivered to Mali before the end of 2021. © UNICEF/ UN0426400/Dicko
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National Drug uthority (NDA) staff ember cross-checks oxes of COVID-19 accines at Entebbe ternational Airport Kampala. Uganda eceived its first onsignment of 64,000 doses of the straZeneca vaccine om the COVAX acility on March 5.
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Ethiopian Airlines on February 6, 2021 announced that it has delivered the first Covid-19 vaccine shipment to Africa. File | AFP The Citizen On March 7, Ethiopia received 2.2 million doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine via the COVAX Facility.
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