{"id":407477,"date":"2021-11-08T12:04:22","date_gmt":"2021-11-08T12:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/?p=407477"},"modified":"2021-11-08T12:04:22","modified_gmt":"2021-11-08T12:04:22","slug":"u-s-shares-an-additional-336500-doses-of-jj-covid-19-vaccine-with-somalia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/u-s-shares-an-additional-336500-doses-of-jj-covid-19-vaccine-with-somalia\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S Shares an Additional 336,500 Doses of J&J COVID-19 Vaccine with Somalia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mogadishu(SONNA):The <\/span><\/span>U.S.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Embassy in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Mogadishu\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is pleased to announce the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>delivery\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>an additional\u00a0<\/span><\/span>336,500<\/span><\/span>\u00a0doses of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the Johnson\u00a0<\/span><\/span>&<\/span><\/span>Johnson<\/span><\/span>\u00a0COVID-19\u00a0<\/span><\/span>vaccine<\/span><\/span>, which<\/span><\/span>\u00a0the U<\/span><\/span>nited States\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is sharing with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Somalia<\/span><\/span>\u00a0through\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>COVAX<\/span><\/span>\u00a0facility<\/span><\/span>. We are sharing these doses<\/span><\/span>\u00a0safely, equitably, and with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>no<\/span><\/span>\u00a0strings attached. We are doing this with the singular objective of saving lives.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

This\u00a0<\/span><\/span>shipment\u00a0<\/span><\/span>brings the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>total\u00a0<\/span><\/span>number of doses of the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Johnson\u00a0<\/span><\/span>&\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Johnson<\/span><\/span>\u00a0COVID-19\u00a0<\/span><\/span>vaccine provided to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Somalia<\/span><\/span>\u00a0by the United States<\/span><\/span>\u00a0to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>638,900<\/span><\/span>\u00a0(the first\u00a0<\/span><\/span>batch\u00a0<\/span><\/span>arrived on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>August 12<\/span><\/span>).\u00a0<\/span><\/span>T<\/span><\/span>his\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is <\/span><\/span>the largest\u00a0<\/span><\/span>COVID-19 vaccine donation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Somalia<\/span><\/span>\u00a0has received from a single country<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Safe and effective vaccines are our best tool to end the pandemic, and the United States has committed to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>providing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>1.1 billion COVID-19 vaccine<\/span><\/span>\u00a0doses<\/span><\/span>\u00a0worldwide<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0To date, the United States has delivered more than<\/span><\/span>\u00a02<\/span><\/span>2<\/span><\/span>0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0m<\/span><\/span>illion doses of vaccine to more than\u00a0<\/span><\/span>100<\/span><\/span>\u00a0countries. The commitment to provide\u00a0<\/span><\/span>COVID-19\u00a0<\/span><\/span>vaccine<\/span><\/span>s<\/span><\/span>\u00a0to 92 Gavi Advance Market Commitment economies and African Union\u00a0<\/span><\/span>m<\/span><\/span>ember\u00a0<\/span><\/span>s<\/span><\/span>tates\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will continue to fulfill U<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span>S<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0President Biden\u2019s commitment to strengthen the fight against the global pandemic.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

As President Biden has said<\/span><\/span>,<\/span><\/span>\u00a0the United States is committed to bringing the same urgency to international vaccination efforts that we have demonstrated at home. We are sharing these vaccines to save lives and to lead the world in bringing an end to the pandemic.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

We look forward to continued coordination with the African Union and Africa\u2019s CDC to deliver these doses across the continent through the COVAX initiative via\u00a0<\/span><\/span>its\u00a0<\/span><\/span>established logistical channels.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Mogadishu(SONNA):The U.S.\u00a0Embassy in\u00a0Mogadishu\u00a0is pleased to announce the\u00a0delivery\u00a0of\u00a0an additional\u00a0336,500\u00a0doses of\u00a0the Johnson\u00a0&Johnson\u00a0COVID-19\u00a0vaccine, which\u00a0the United States\u00a0is sharing with\u00a0Somalia\u00a0through\u00a0the\u00a0COVAX\u00a0facility. We are sharing these doses\u00a0safely, equitably, and with\u00a0no\u00a0strings attached. We are doing this with the singular objective of saving lives. This\u00a0shipment\u00a0brings the\u00a0total\u00a0number of doses of the\u00a0Johnson\u00a0&\u00a0Johnson\u00a0COVID-19\u00a0vaccine provided to\u00a0Somalia\u00a0by the United States\u00a0to\u00a0638,900\u00a0(the first\u00a0batch\u00a0arrived on\u00a0August 12).\u00a0This\u00a0is the largest\u00a0COVID-19 vaccine donation\u00a0Somalia\u00a0has received from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":117,"featured_media":407478,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-407477","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local","8":"category-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/117"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=407477"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407477\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":407480,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407477\/revisions\/407480"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/407478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=407477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=407477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=407477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}