COVID-19
WHO to roll out COVID-19 vaccine campaign in June
The World Health Organization (WHO) says another COVID-19 vaccine campaign will be launched across Afghanistan in June and that over five million people over the age of 18 will be targeted.
On Thursday, WHO said: “The campaign will be carried out through 473 mobile vaccination teams in addition to 559 fixed sites (including regional, provincial and district hospitals) and some comprehensive health centers.”
The vaccines to be used will be Johnson & Johnson vaccines and Chinese Sinofarm.
The World Health Organization says there are more than seven million doses of the vaccine in Afghanistan already.
Already, more than 6.1 million across Afghanistan were vaccinated in May – of which 53 percent were men and the rest women.
Earlier this year, the Afghan Ministry of Public Health said more than 600 centers in Kabul and the provinces were working to vaccinate people.
According to WHO, since the beginning of the outbreak in Afghanistan, about 180,000 positive cases have been reported, with 7,700 deaths.
