The Ministry of Health says 7.9 million people have been fully vaccinated since last year.
The country launched its vaccination exercise on March 10th, 2021, exactly one year ago and the exercise initially targeted frontline workers such as medical officers, hospital staff, teachers, aviation workers and security officers but as the country received more COVID-19 doses, the exercise was opened to the general public.
Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng, the Minister of Health, says in one year, over 14 million people have received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccines of these, 7.9 million have been fully vaccinated while 20,758 have received booster doses.
Dr Aceng revealed the figures after receiving 2,944,800 doses of the one-shot Johnson and Johnson vaccine on Wednesday.
The doses were donated by Spain (1,951,200 doses) , France (950,000 doses), and Norway that gave 43,200 doses.
The Health Minister noted that the arrival of the additional doses is a step forward in minimizing the spread and effects of CVOVID-19.
To date, Uganda has received a total of 40,069,100 doses of various covid-19 vaccines, including over 14.9 million doses of Johnson and Johnson and 11.7 million doses of Pfizer.
The country has so far received over 4.8 million doses of Moderna, 6.8 million doses of AstrazaZeneca and 1.6 million doses of Sinovac.
