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UNICEF supports strengthening Venezuela’s cold chain in preparation for vaccine arrivals through COVAX
Panama City/Caracas, 9 September 2021 - Venezuela received 693,600 vaccines against COVID-19 last Tuesday, September 7, as part of the first shipment made to the country by the COVAX Mechanism, of the total of 12,068,000 vaccine doses acquired. This first delivery of doses consists of vaccines against COVID-19 pro...
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Japan donates over US$11 million to UNICEF to keep COVID-19 vaccines cool in Latin America and the Caribbean
PANAMA CITY, 12 August 2021 - In the world’s region hardest hit by the pandemic, the Government of Japan contributes US$11.11 million to UNICEF’s ongoing efforts to keep COVID-19 vaccines at the right temperature and support effective and inclusive vaccination across several Latin American and Caribbean countries....
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COVID-19 vaccine rollout in Haiti
Port-au-Prince, Haiti – Rolling out a national COVID-19 vaccination campaign is a complex task to undertake in any part of the world. But in the current Haitian context -with ongoing unrest, unreliable electricity, and vaccine misinformation- UNICEF teams are working tirelessly to scale up transportation, increase...
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Statement on the arrival of the first batch of COVID-19 vaccines in Haiti
PANAMA CITY, 14 July 2021 - Until yesterday, Haiti was the only country in the Americas without a single dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. Today 500,000 doses of vaccine donated by the U.S government through COVAX landed in Port-Au-Prince, the capital city of Haiti. In the first five months of this year, the number of ...
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Statement on U.S. donation of 1.5 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Honduras
PANAMA CITY, 27 June 2021 - UNICEF welcomes the first United States Government donation of COVID-19 vaccines via COVAX’s dose-sharing mechanism, arriving today in Honduras, and calls for more large scale vaccine donations, in particular to hard-hit Latin America and the Caribbean. With only less than 62,000 Hondur...
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The COVAX Facility will deliver its 65 millionth vaccine dose this week. It should’ve been at least its 170 millionth. The time to donate excess doses is now.
NEW YORK, 17 MAY 2021 – “The COVAX Facility – the global COVID vaccine equity scheme – will deliver its 65 millionth dose in the coming days. It should have been at least its 170 millionth. By the time G7 leaders gather in the UK next month, and as a deadly second wave of COVID-19 will likely continue to sweep acr...
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Colombia receives second shipment of 912,000 COVID-19 vaccines through the COVAX Mechanism
BOGOTÁ, 15 April 2021 - As part of the agreement between Colombia and the COVAX mechanism, today the country received 912,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines. The COVAX mechanism is a global effort between the Coalition for Promoting Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immuniz...
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Chile receives first shipment of vaccines against COVID-19 through COVAX
SANTIAGO/Chile, April 23, 2021 - This Friday, the first shipment of 158,400 doses of COVID-19 vaccines from AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, out of a total of 818,400, purchased through the COVAX mechanism, arrived at the Santiago de Chile airport. The vaccines acquired by Chile through the COVAX mechanism will exceed...
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Dominican Republic receives the first batch of COVID-19 vaccines through the COVAX Mechanism
SANTO DOMINGO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Dominican Republic received 91,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine through the COVAX Mechanism, corresponding to AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine, manufactured by SK Bioscience of South Korea. The vaccines sent to the country through the Revolving Fund of the Pan American Health Organizatio...
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Costa Rica receives first batch of COVID-19 vaccines through COVAX Mechanism
PANAMÁ/SAN JOSÉ, 07 April 2021 – Today, Costa Rica received 43.200 doses of COVID-19 vaccines through the COVAX Mechanism, a global effort between the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance Gavi, UNICEF, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the World Health Or...
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Barbados receives the first COVID-19 vaccines through the COVAX Facility
Bridgetown, Barbados, 06 April 2021 (PAHO/WHO) - Barbados today received 33,600 doses of COVID-19 vaccines through the COVAX Facility, a global effort between the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance Gavi, UNICEF, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Wor...
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Trinidad and Tobago receives the first COVID-19 vaccines through the COVAX Facility
Port of Spain 30 March, 2021 (PAHO/WHO)- Today, Trinidad and Tobago received 33,600 doses of COVID-19 vaccines through the COVAX Facility, a global effort between the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance Gavi, UNICEF, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the...