COVID-19 vaccination in Cape Verde

Cape Verde has begun vaccinations against COVID-19.[1]

COVID-19 vaccination in Cape Verde
Date19 March 2021 - present
LocationCape Verde
CauseCOVID-19 pandemic

See also: COVID-19 pandemic in Cape Verde

Background

Vaccines on order

Cape Verde is in negotiations with vaccine manufacturers.[2] It intends to receive 267,293 vaccine doses through the COVAX pillar.[3]

Vaccine Approval Deployment
Oxford–AstraZeneca Yes 19 March 2021
Pfizer–BioNTech Yes 19 March 2021

History

March 2021

Cape Verde is in negotiations with vaccine manufacturers.[2] Courtesy of COVAX it received 24,000 doses of the Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine on 12 March and 5,850 doses of the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on 14 March.[3] Vaccinations commenced on 19 March.[4] By the end of the month 3,699 vaccine doses had been administered.

April 2021

By 19 April, 8,330 persons had been inoculated, most of whom with the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine.[4] By the end of the month 15,780 vaccine doses had been administered.

May 2021

21,318 vaccine doses had been administered by 12 May. By the end of the month 27,276 vaccine doses had been administered.[5]

June 2021

By the end of the month 86,434 vaccine doses had been administered.

July 2021

By the end of the month 173,183 vaccine doses had been administered.

August 2021

By the end of the month 296,476 vaccine doses had been administered.

September 2021

By the end of the month 414,300 vaccine doses had been administered.

October 2021

By the end of the month 504,434 vaccine doses had been administered. 94% of the target population had been fully vaccinated.

November 2021

By the end of the month 544,075 vaccine doses had been administered. By mid-November, the entire target population had been fully vaccinated.

Progress

Cumulative vaccinations

References
  1. "Cabo Verde Country Overview | World Health Organization". www.who.int. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  2. "Cabo Verde: Vaccination to cover 95% of population at risk at start-up". Macau Business. 22 January 2021. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  3. "COVID-19 vaccines sent by COVAX arrive in Cabo Verde". Unicef. 12 March 2021. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  4. "Cabo Verde: China vaccines against Covid-19 awaited as 8,330 inoculated so far". Macau Business. 20 April 2021. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  5. WHO Coronavirus (COVID-19) dashboard.
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