More than one million doses of Johnson & Johnson vaccine donated by US arrive in Laos


Dr Bounfeng Phoummalaysith (third right), US Ambassador to Laos, Dr Peter M Haymond (fourth right) and other partners welcome the arrival of the vaccine in Vientiane. - Vientiane Times/ANN

VIENTIANE, July 17 (Vientiane Times/ANN): More than one million doses of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine donated by the government of the United States arrived in Vientiane late Friday evening (July 16).

The vaccines were donated through the COVAX Facility – a partnership co-led by the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, and the World Health Organisation (WHO), with UNICEF as the key delivery partner.

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