Ivory Coast starts vaccination after COVAX delivery

(2 Mar 2021) Ivory Coast launched its vaccination campaign against COVID-19 on Monday, just a few days after receiving a shipment of AstraZeneca vaccines through the COVAX initiative. Members of UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) attended an event on Monday in city of Abidjan as the first phase of the country's vaccination programme got underway. The West African country is among the first to administrator the COVAX vaccines and will prioritise health workers, teachers, and members of the armed forces in the first phase of its vaccination programme. COVAX is a global public-private initiative the World Health Organization (WHO) helped create for equitable vaccine distribution. The organization and its partners delivered its first doses last week to some African countries. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...