Covid-19: 250 000 doses of the Sinopharm vaccine arrived in Namibia

The vaccines arrived on Friday at the Hosea Kutako International Airport, a day before schedule -- Ministry of information

Covid-19: 250 000 doses of the Sinopharm vaccine arrived in Namibia

Health minister Kalumbi Shangula said on Thursday that the vaccines will be distributed over the weekend, which means that vaccinations will resume countrywide on Monday, 19 July.

“We [also] expect delivery of 40 800 doses of AstraZeneca from the Covax facility as from next week. The government has procured 333 333 doses of Johnson & Johnson from the African Union Platform. Namibia will receive a donation of 168 000 doses of Johnson & Johnson from the United States of America via the Covax facility between July and September,” Shangula said during Thursday’s