Africa News of Sunday, 15 August 2021Source: thecitizen.co.tzThree weeks after the vaccination exercise kicked off, government has said that 207,391 of the targeted groups have been vaccinated against COVID-19. The figures show that 121,002 men equivalent to 58.3 percent and women 86,389 equivalent to 41.7 percent have been vaccinated. He said that as of August 14, a total of 1,008,400 vaccines had been distributed in all 26 regions. "The data shows since the vaccination campaign was launched a total of 207,391people have been vaccinated at all centers. Tanzania plans to vaccinate 60 percent of its citizens after it received over 1 million doses of the Janssen coronavirus vaccine from the United States donated through the Covax initiative, which is co-led by Gavi, the World Health Organization (WHO) and CEPI.

Source: GhanaWeb August 15, 2021 16:18 UTC