Uganda to receive first procured batch of Johnson and Johnson vaccines

By Ben Musanje

7^th Oct 2021

Tonight Uganda is expecting to receive the first batch of procured Covid-19 vaccines amounting to 196,800 doses of the Johnson and Johnson J&J.

In June this year, Government allocated at least 560 billion shillings which are approximately to 160m USD in the 2021/2022 financial year budget for procurement of Covid-19 vaccines.

Uganda has been receiving donations from different countries with the latest batch of 335,000 doses of the AstraZeneca brought to the total number of 5737543 vaccines received including Pfizer, Moderna and Sinovac.

Sheila Nduhukire, the National Medical Stores- NMS Spokesperson confirms that the J&J vaccines will arrive at the Entebbe International Airport at around 10pm and will be received by the Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary Dr. Diana Atwine together with the NMS General Manager Moses Kamabare.

Government is still optimistic that the country will soon hit its target of vaccinating 4.8 million people who include medical workers, security personnel, teachers, the elderly, and people with underlying medical conditions such as diabetes and hypertension by end of 2021.