Sudan has received a shipment of 218,400 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine as a donation from France, the health ministry and UNICEF said.
The vaccines were delivered with UNICEF's support through the COVAX facility, they said in separate statements on Friday.
It also received 606,700 doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccines as a donation from the United States earlier in August. China also had donated quantities of Sinopharm's COVID-19 vaccine. Most have taken only one dose, and the new shipment will contribute to an increase in the number of people who are fully vaccinated, it added.
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