COVID-19 vaccination in Algeria
On 29 January 2021, Algeria launched a coronavirus vaccination campaign, a day after receiving its first shipment of 50,000 doses of the Russia's Sputnik V vaccine. As of 6 June 2021, around 2.5 million doses have been administered.[1][2] Algeria is currently vaccinating its population with both Sputnik V and Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines.[3][4]
| Date | 29 January 2021 |
|---|---|
| Location | vaccination clinics |
| Cause | COVID-19 pandemic |
| Participants | 2,500,000 doses administered Sputnik V and Oxford-AstraZeneca (6 June 2021) 2,500,000 Total vaccinated people (to which the first and second dose of vaccine were administered) |
Background[edit]
Data Reporting[edit]
Algeria has on reported administering over 2.5 million million doses of the vaccine. Data is only reported every few weeks or months apart without secondary dose information.[5][6]
History[edit]
Timeline[edit]
January 2021[edit]
On 28 January 2021, Algeria received 50,000 doses of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine which landed at Algiers International Airport.[7]
On 29 January 2021, Algeria launched a coronavirus vaccination campaign, a day after receiving its first shipment of 50,000 doses of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine.[8]
February 2021[edit]
On 1 February, 50,000 doses of the Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine arrived.[9]
On 25 February 2021, Algeria received 200,000 more vaccines from China.[10]
April 2021[edit]
364,800 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine were delivered on 3 April through the COVAX pillar.[11][12]
On 7 April, minister Lotfi Benbahmad announced that an agreement had been reached to produce Sputnik V at Saidal's manufacturing plant in Constantine.[13][14]
Progress[edit]
Cumulative vaccinations in Algeria[15]
Daily vaccinations chart of Algeria
References[edit]
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- ^ "Algeria sets up mobile centres to speed up its COVID-19 vaccination drive". SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news leader. 10 June 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
- ^ "Algeria Allocates Mobile COVID-19 Vaccination Clinics". Asharq AL-awsat. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
- ^ AfricaNews (30 January 2021). "Algeria's COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign Kicks Off with Sputnik V". Africanews. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
- ^ "Algeria launches its Covid-19 vaccination campaign". France 24. 30 January 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
- ^ "Coronavirus : first batch of AstraZeneca vaccine arrives in Algiers". Algeria Press Service. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
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- ^ "Algeria receives 364,800 COVID-19 vaccine doses through the COVAX Facility". Unicef. 5 April 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
- ^ "COVAX roll-out - Algeria". www.gavi.org. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
- ^ Sossoukpè, Carine (8 April 2021). "Coronavirus: Algeria to start production of Sputnik V vaccine from September". Ecofin Agency. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
- ^ "Algeria launches its Covid-19 vaccination campaign". France 24. 30 January 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
- ^ "owid/covid-19-data". GitHub. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
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