Uganda yesterday received 647,080 doses of Moderna vaccine from the Biden-Harris administration.
“Uganda receives a donation of 647,080 doses of the Moderna vaccine from the Government of the United States of America under the dose sharing arrangement through the COVAX Facility. This will supplement that ongoing COVID-19 vaccination exercise in the country,” the tweet from Ministry of Health timeline.
It was also revealed that Moderna vaccine will be administered to Ugandans who will be taking their 1st jabs.
“The Moderna vaccine that we have received today will be strictly administered to the priority population groups who have not received their 1st dose of any COVID-19 vaccine,” said Health minister Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng.
She further added that; ““The Moderna vaccine is administered in 2 doses, 4 weeks apart. It should be noted that the Moderna vaccine cannot be mixed with any other COVID-19 vaccine currently being rolled out in the country.”
“Uganda will receive 1.6 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine under the same dose sharing arrangement before the end of September”
“In the ongoing vaccination exercise, a total of 1,044,871 people have received the 1st dose of the vaccine while 431,655 have received their 2nd dose”
