Ethiopia gears up for Covid vaccine drive as first doses arrive

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ADDIS ABABA - Ethiopia on Sunday received its first 2.

2 million doses of vaccine against the coronavirus, and officials in Africa's second most populous country said the first jabs would be administered in the coming days.

She hailed Covax as "an unprecedented global partnership," adding: "The more people get vaccinated, the faster we're going to beat this pandemic." "We have lost more than 2,400 of our brothers and sisters, and we know the real numbers could be much higher," Lia said Sunday. So far Ethiopia has not arranged for any separate vaccine shipments to supplement what Covax can provide, Muluken said."If there are any successful donation programmes, then we will make it transparent," he said.

 

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