A teacher receives a dose of COVID-19 vaccine at a health center in Kampala, capital of Uganda, March 31, 2021. Uganda launched the first phase of COVID-19 vaccination campaign on March 10, targeting high risk groups in the east African country. PHOTO | NICHOLAS KAJOBA | XINHUA
After about four months since the Covid-19 vaccination exercise kicked off, at least 1.07 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine have been administered, representing about 5 per cent of the targeted population.
Of the targeted 21.9 million people, 878,890 have received the first dose of AstraZeneca and another 201,053 are fully vaccinated, according to statistics from the Ministry of Health.