Ministry of Health Uganda has today received over 1.6millon doses of Pfizer Vaccine.
“The Government of Uganda has received 1,674,270 doses of Pfizer vaccine from the US Government in support of the ongoing COVID-19 vaccination exercise. This is the largest consignment of COVID-19 vaccines received to-date,” reads the tweet from the Ministry of Health timeline.
The vaccines are a donation from the United States of America.
It should be noted that in the past few weeks, the Biden Administration donated 647,080 doses of Moderna vaccine to Uganda.
“The United States is proud to announce the arrival of more than 1.6 million Flag of United States-donated doses of the Pfizer COVID19 vaccine to Uganda. This follows the Flag of United States donation of 647,080 Moderna COVID19 vaccine doses on Sept 6,” reads the tweet on US Embassy in Uganda Timeline
“The evidence is clear: these vaccines are safe & highly effective & one of the most important tools we have in reducing risk of COVID & bringing the pandemic to an end,” said United States Ambassador to Uganda Natalie E. Brown.
As of now, 1,777,685 doses have been administered to Ugandans.