KINSHASA, April 14 (Reuters) - The Democratic Republic of
Congo will start its COVID-19 vaccination campaign on April 19
with 1.7 million AstraZeneca doses it received from the
COVAX global vaccines sharing scheme after delaying the rollout
for more than a month.
Congo received the vaccines on March 2 and was expected to
begin the inoculation campaign almost immediately but delayed
rollout after several European countries suspended use of the
shots.
A government statement late on Tuesday said a task force had
determined that the AstraZeneca vaccines already available in
the country presented no risks to the population.
Congo has reported 28,542 infections and 745
coronavirus-related deaths since the pandemic began.
(Reporting by Stanis Bujakera
Writing by Bate Felix
Editing by David Goodman
)