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Health Ministry to announce COVID-19 vaccine deployment plan soon

Health Ministry to announce COVID-19 vaccine deployment plan soon

By Vijay Narayan , Iva Danford
20/04/2021
COVAX Facility is a global initiative aimed at making sure low and middle-income countries get access to the vaccines.

Another 24,000 AstraZeneca doses from the COVAX facility has arrived and the Permanent Secretary for Health Dr James Fong says that they are looking at deploying the whole 24,000 vaccines soon.

Please stay listening to get details on the vaccination centres.

Dr Fong says another batch will also be arriving quickly and that is where they will be keeping the second dose of the 24,000.

COVAX Facility is a global initiative aimed at making sure low and middle-income countries get access to vaccines.

The European Union and its member states as well as the European Union Investment Bank are some of the lead contributors to the COVAX Facility.

 [images: Ministry of Health & Medical Services/Facebook]
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