EU Members Donate 13m COVID-19 Jabs

Feb 5 , 2022


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The governments of France, Finland, Denmark, Greece, Italy and Sweden have donated over 13 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to the Ministry of Health through the World Health Organisation's (WHO) COVAX facility. The latest batch comes in addition to more than 10.5 million vaccine doses already donated by EU member states to Ethiopia through COVAX, including nearly 7.5 million doses from Germany. The donations are expected to hasten the vaccination campaign in the country, which have been stagnating. Health professionals administered close to six million doses in a month as part of a revamped campaign last November but the figures have levelled off over the past month. Close to 11 million doses have been administered to the public since the Ministry embarked on its vaccination campaign last April.


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