World News | Almost 40,000 People Vaccinated Daily Against COVID-19 in Afghanistan
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. Almost 40,000 people are vaccinated daily in Afghanistan after a vaccination campaign against coronavirus started mid-October in 14 of the country's 32 provinces and the remaining provinces will begin administering the shots in the next 2 -3 days, UNICEF's representative in Afghanistan Salam Al-Janabi told Sputnik.
Washington [US], October 30 (ANI): Almost 40,000 people are vaccinated daily in Afghanistan after a vaccination campaign against coronavirus started mid-October in 14 of the country's 32 provinces and the remaining provinces will begin administering the shots in the next 2 -3 days, UNICEF's representative in Afghanistan Salam Al-Janabi told Sputnik.
"UNICEF and partners are supporting a massive COVID-19 vaccination campaign targeting people in urban locations. This campaign started on October 16 in 14 Provinces. It started in the Southern region a day later," Al-Janabi said,
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He further stated that "In the remaining provinces, it will start in the next 2 -3 days. Currently, almost 40,000 people are being vaccinated daily. This massive campaign will continue until we utilize 1.8 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson available in stock."
Afghanistan has received about 5.25 million doses of different types of vaccines both through COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) facility and bilateral donations, he added.
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"According to the World Health Organization (WHO), there have been 155,985 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 7,257 deaths in Afghanistan. As of October 23, a total of 2,925,490 vaccine doses have been administered," Sputnik reported citing the Al-Janabi as saying.
The Taliban took over Afghanistan in mid-August and the US military ended its 20 years of military presence in the country. (ANI)
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