COVID-19 vaccination in Eswatini
COVID-19 vaccination in Eswatini is an ongoing immunisation campaign against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), in response to the ongoing pandemic in the country.
| Date | March 19, 2021 – present |
|---|---|
| Location | Eswatini |
| Cause | COVID-19 pandemic |
| Motive | COVID-19 pandemic in Eswatini |
Eswatini began its vaccination program on 19 March 2021. In early May 2021, it was reported that Eswatini had administered all of the doses it had so far received.[1]
History
March 2021
- March 2021: Eswatini receives 20,000 of the Oxford-AstraZeneca/Covishield vaccine, donated by India, and 12,000 doses of the same vaccine through COVAX.
- 19 March 2021: launch of targeted vaccination campaign.
July 2021
- 27 July 2021: Eswatini receives 300,000 doses of the Janssen COVID-19 vaccine donated by the United States.
August 2021
- 3 August 2021: launch of general vaccination campaign.
Progress
27,226 persons had been fully vaccinated by the end of July 2021, 150,535 by the end of August, 210,432 by the end of September, 235,360 by the end of October, and 260,763 (56% of the target population) by the end of November 2021.
Cumulative vaccinations in Eswatini[2]
References
- McKenzie, David; Formanek, Ingrid (8 May 2021). "Countries in Africa fear they could become the next India as vaccine supplies dwindle". CNN. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
- "owid/covid-19-data". GitHub. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
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