Afghanistan: COVID vaccination underway in Jalalabad following US donation of 1.4 million J&J doses

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Afghans are getting vaccinated with the Janssen vaccine by Johnson & Johnson donated by the US, as seen on Tuesday in Jalalabad, amid a Taliban advance that now claim control of the majority of the country.

Residents could be seen queueing in front of local clinics and receiving their jabs.

A spokesperson of a Nangarhar province hospital said Nangarhar received 23,635 doses so far, and 200,000 doses are expected soon.

The US donated more than 3.3 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine through the COVAX dose-sharing scheme to Afghanistan. More than 1.4 million vaccines have already arrived in the country.

SOUNDBITES:

SOT, Shams ul Khoda, Doctor (Pashto): “These vaccine doses arrived in Nangarhar the day before yesterday, and we still distribute it to three clinics in the city of Jalalabad.” *LOOSE TRANSLATION AT SOURCE*

SOT, Abdul Raoof, Jalalabad resident (Pashto): “I came here to get the Janssen American vaccine, to prevent the spread of coronavirus, I call on other people to come and get this vaccine.”

SOT, Asghar Shirzad, Jalalabad resident (Pashto): “As we all know, for one year the coronavirus has spread all around the world. As you see today, many people are coming there to get Janssen & Janssen vaccine which was donated by the American government. Also I request our people to come and get the vaccine until we can keep ourselves safe from this virus.”

SOT, Zahir Adil, Spokesperson for Nangarhar hospital (Pashto): “A total of over 200,000 doses of Janssen & Janssen will arrive in Nangarhar, but yesterday we received 23,635 doses of them, so you can see the distribution or vaccination process has started. Also today we send vaccine doses to all districts too, but in the city of Jalalabad in every clinic the Janssen & Janssen vaccination ongoing.” *LOOSE TRANSLATION AT SOURCE*

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