Africa-Press – Mozambique. The Embassy of Argentina in Maputo has announced that the Argentine government is donating to Mozambique 450,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine against Covid-19.
According to an embassy press release, the vaccines are due to arrive in Maputo next Friday. It says this is the largest single donation of vaccines received by Mozambique, and the first consignment sent by Argentina to other countries.
“Argentina is part of a global system of reciprocity set up to donate vaccines, in order to reduce the levels of infection and the effects of the global Covid-19 pandemic”, said the release. “This is an international mechanism which, during the recent G20 summit was mentioned by the countries involved as an effective response of solidarity against the pandemic”.
The embassy added that Argentina has offered vaccines to several other countries that are facing an urgent need for more vaccines, and has received a favourable response from ten countries in addition to Mozambique.
After receiving over seven million doses of vaccine, which has allowed it to speed up its own vaccination programme, giving full protection to much of the population, Argentina says it can now afford to donate vaccines to countries in greater need.
The release says that the Argentine authorities are motivated by principles of solidarity and fraternity with the Mozambican people and with other countries that require the vaccine.
“This donation of AstraZeneca vaccines will contribute to the vaccination objectives that Mozambique has established”, said the release.
The Mozambican government’s target is to vaccinate about 16.8 million people. Excluded from the vaccination are pregnant women and children under 15 years of age. According to the latest figures from the Health Ministry, the number of people fully vaccinated against the disease now stands at 3,324,849, and 6,158,360 have received at least one dose of the vaccine.
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