Somalia has received 300,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine under\u00a0the Covax scheme, the first batch the country has received.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
People at highest risk of contracting the virus will be the first to receive vaccines – including frontline workers, the elderly and those with chronic health conditions – the heath ministry says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The country eventually expects to receive a total of 1.2 million doses to vaccinate at least 20% of its population from the Covax facility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The vaccine arrives at a time when the country is experiencing a new wave of the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Somalia has reported 9,190 cases of coronavirus infections and 367 deaths,\u00a0according to the latest tally by Johns Hopkins University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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