Date of start of vaccination against coronavirus in Uzbekistan announced
20/01/2021 11:39
Date of start of vaccination against coronavirus in Uzbekistan announced
20/01/2021 11:39
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Deputy head of the service of sanitary and epidemiological well-being and public health Botirjon Kurbanov in his interview spoke about the beginning of mass vaccination against coronavirus in Uzbekistan.
According to him, the vaccination process will take place gradually. The first batch of Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine, which Uzbekistan has reserved under the COVAX program, will be delivered in a month.
Thus, the start of mass vaccinations is scheduled for late February or early March.
“The vaccination process will cover the whole of Uzbekistan, but this will happen gradually. At the first stage, 100,000 doses of Pfizer vaccine were ordered, and at the next stage, as other licensed vaccines appear, they will be used,” Kurbanov said.
Earlier, the head of the Sanitary and Epidemiological Wellbeing and Public Health Service, Bakhodir Yusupaliev, said that, in cooperation with the Global Alliance for Vaccinations and Immunization (GAVI), work is underway to import 100,000 doses of the Comirnaty coronavirus vaccine produced by the American company Pfizer and the German company BioNTech into Uzbekistan.
The Ministry of Health and partner organizations prepared an order for the introduction of a vaccine against COVID-19 in 20% of the population and sent it to the COVAX fund. To prepare for the vaccination process, GAVI provided Uzbekistan with 17 large-capacity refrigerators and 206 minivans and is working on their delivery to all regions of the country.
COVAX is an initiative to manufacture and centrally procure COVID-19 vaccines. It works with governments and manufacturers to ensure vaccines are available to both wealthy and low-income countries.
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