Over 50,000 people receive AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in Fiji

2021-04-16 10:05:48 GMT2021-04-16 18:05:48(Beijing Time) Xinhua English

SUVA, April 16 (Xinhua) -- More than 50,000 people in Fiji have received the AstraZeneca vaccine and the next batch of 24,000 more doses from the COVAX facility will arrive in the island nation next week.

According to a statement by Fiji's Health Ministry on Friday, Fiji's Minister for Health Ifereimi Waqainabete said the current vaccine supply has been exhausted.

He said everyone who got their first dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine will surely be getting their second dose in the next eight to 12 weeks.

The ministry said the next phase of the vaccine rollout will start soon after the 24,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine are received.

Fiji, with a population of around 900,000, aims to vaccinate over 650,000 Fijians.

The Pacific island nation, which has planned to get 1.2 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, has so far received 112,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine through the COVAX facility.

Since its first case of COVID-19 was reported on March 19 last year, Fiji has registered 68 cases, with two active cases, 64 recoveries and two deaths.

Fiji maintains strict travel restrictions to date for foreign visitors alongside a nationwide curfew effective from March 30 last year. Enditem

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