Covid-19: Government of Spain donates 1.95 million doses of vaccine to Uganda

By Sadique Bamwita

The Government of Spain donated one million nine hundred fifty one thousand and two hundred (1,951,200) doses of Johnson and Johnson vaccines to the Government of Uganda as part of efforts to combat the spread of COVID-19 pandemic.According the Ministry of Health,so far 14.05 million people in Uganda (65%) have received 1st dose while 7.9m are fully vaccinated and 20,758 have got booster doses.

While handing over the donated vaccines to the Minister of Health at National Medical Stores (NMS) Headquarters in Entebbe, Jaime Fernandez, who represented the Government of Spain, said the Government of Spain as an active member of European Union is committed to donate more vaccines to the government of Uganda to enable it vaccinates its targeted population.

Fernandez hailed the United Nations, particularly the UNICEF for its logistical support to make this contribution a success.

He revealed that the government of Spain is willing to work together with that of Uganda to prevent the outbreak of another pandemic.

Hon. Jane Ruth Aceng, the Minister for Health, hailed the government of Spain for its contribution and urged Ugandans to keep observing the set Standard operating procedures to avoid the occurrence of another wave.

Note: According to Minister Jane Ruth Aceng, Uganda has so far received a total of 6.864m doses of AstraZeneca, 1.6m doses of Sinovac, 4.8m moderna, 11.76m Pfizer and 14.98m doses of Johnson and Johnson to support the mass Covid-19 vaccination exercise.

The minister disclosed more additional 840.000 doses of j&j arrived  today donated by the government of U.S.A under the Humanitarian Buffer support grant through COVAX.