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3,117 people fully vaccinated for COVID-19 this week
Health Ministry aims to vaccinate a total of 260,000 people as another 50,000 doses will arrive by the end of the week

3,117 people fully vaccinated for COVID-19 this week

Health Ministry aims to vaccinate a total of 260,000 people as another 50,000 doses will arrive by the end of the week

By Vijay Narayan
28/05/2021

19,348 people have been vaccinated in the Suva-Nausori corridor and 24,042 in all of Fiji since Monday.

Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says to date, 18.5 percent of the targeted population have received at least one dose, and 3,117 individuals have had 2 doses.

Doctor Fong says an additional 50,000 AstraZeneca doses are due to arrive in the country by the end of the week.

He says once these doses are deployed, at least 260,000 people will have got their first dose.

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