The vaccines will be strategically deployed to cover areas that have difficult terrains, the official said.
The trust aims to secure vaccine doses to complement initiatives such as COVAX and attain a target immunisation of 60 per cent of Africa’s population.
It is part of the African Union’s COVID-19 Vaccine Development and Access Strategy, and its goal of vaccinating at least 60 per cent of the African population with safe and efficacious vaccines against COVID-19.Mr Shuaib said the vaccines will be strategically deployed to cover areas that have difficult terrains.Mr Shuaib noted that the J&J vaccines will be part of the vaccines to be administered in the second batch of vaccination scheduled to commence on Monday.
“This batch of J&J vaccine will be focused on those who are in the hard-to-reach areas , the elderly and frail individuals. “This is because the J&J vaccine is administered as a single dose vaccine unlike the AstraZeneca and Moderna that require two doses for complete vaccination,” he said.The Regional Chief Operating Officer, African Export-Import Bank , Abdoulaye Kone, said the vaccine acquisition by AVAT was a unique milestone for the African continent.
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