546,000 doses of the “Sinovac” COVID-19 vaccine delivered to Tajikistan

As part of a grant approved this year by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), 546,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been delivered to Tajikistan. This was reported by a representative of the Asian Development Bank in Dushanbe.

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It is reported that an additional 3,345,000 doses of the vaccine will arrive in the republic this month.

The ADB grant of $25 million, approved in June 2021, is intended to finance the procurement of vaccines along with containers for safe disposal and syringes, as well as logistical support for their transportation to national, regional, and district medical institutions across the country.

As of November 30, according to the Ministry of Health, out of the planned total population to be vaccinated, 3,206,063 (51.8%) people have received the first dose. Both doses of the vaccine have been administered to 2,590,545 (44.5%) people.