Rwanda set to roll out second dose of Covid-19 vaccinations

Covid-19 vaccination.

A man receives Covid-19 vaccination. Rwanda plans to roll out the second dose vaccinations on April 2, 2021. PHOTO | FILE | NMG 

Rwanda plans to roll out its second dose of Covid-19 vaccination nationwide on Friday after securing at least 500,000 dozes of AstraZeneca.

In the first phase of vaccination, 290,000 people were vaccinated with AstraZeneca vaccine while 51,000 received Pfizer with a total of 341,000 of its approximately 12 million population having received their first doses.