Current stocks of AstraZeneca has finished and more stock to arrive in the next 6 weeks
97,215 boosted so far

Current stocks of AstraZeneca has finished and more stock to arrive in the next 6 weeks

97,215 boosted so far

By Rashika Kumar
Tuesday 22/02/2022
[Image: Fijian Government]

The Ministry of Health says the current stocks of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine has finished and they will get more stocks in the next 6 weeks.

Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says they will continue to deploy Moderna and Pfizer as primary doses for children and adults and booster doses for adults.

He says many questions have been received on the role of post-infection immunity in defining the COVID-protected population.

Dr. Fong says then immunity gained through a vaccination program remains the only means by which we can measure immunity and therefore refine public health measures in the face of the ongoing risk of variant development and therefore future outbreaks.

He further says the Health Ministry will continue to monitor the advisories on post-infection immunity based on quality data that is being generated globally.

As of yesterday, 97,215 individuals have so far received booster doses.

93.1% of the adult target population are now fully vaccinated while 98.2% have received at least one dose.

30,930 children between the ages of 15 to 17 and 12,764 children between the ages of 12 to 14 are fully vaccinated.

37,638 children between the ages of 15 to 17 and 22,455 children between the ages of 12 to 14 have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

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