Huambo – Two hundred and 24 thousand and 861 citizens of the province of Huambo have already been vaccinated against Covid-19, corresponding to 23.67 percent of the total estimated population.
It is expected to vaccinate 950,000 citizens out of a total of 1 million 104,000 and 364 citizens over 18 years of age, according to the head of the local department of Public Health, Celestino Máquina.
Although the figure is below what is desired, the local health authorities have a positive balance, judging by the significant participation of the population in the installed posts.
The official said that the number of citizens who flock to vaccination posts installed in all municipalities is growing, with a daily average of over five thousand.
As for the 224,000 and 861 vaccinated, he said that they were immunized with the first and second doses of Astrazeneca, Sinopharm and Pfizer and with a single dose of Johnson & Johnson.
Celestino Máquina ensured that there is a stock of over 310,000 doses of Pfizer and Sinopharm vaccines available for the continuation of the campaign in the coming days, having therefore urged the population to flock to the vaccination posts.
The official referred that the authorities are creating strategies to increase more posts, with the aim of responding to the demand.
Source: Angola Press Agency