Vaccine doses received on the evening of May 30, 2021 at Ouagadougou international airport by the Minister of Health, Pr Charlemagne Ouédraogo and his team, accompanied by members of the COVAX mechanism (Gavi, CEPI, UNICEF and WHO – the two agencies of the United Nations system) and representatives of technical and financial partners.
The vaccines come from AstraZeneca’s production network. This delivery is an important milestone for the equitable distribution of Covid-19 vaccines, in what is the largest vaccine supply operation in the history of human solidarity.
In order to receive doses, the government has drawn up a national Covid-19 deployment and vaccination plan, which will now be operational thanks to this delivery.
Healthcare workers, people with co-morbidities and candidates for the pilgrimage to Mecca will be vaccinated as a priority from the beginning of June. Ultimately, the national vaccination campaign will vaccinate the entire adult population over the age of 18, i.e. over 10.2 million people.
On the arrival of vaccines, read this article.
