Улаанбаатар
Delivery of 2.35 million doses of Pfizer vaccines completed
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Ulaanbaatar/MONTSAME/. The delivery of about 2.35 million
doses of Pfizer vaccines to Mongolia with the funding from the Government of
Japan is successfully completed. The last batch of the vaccines arrived
yesterday, December 28.
The Government of Japan has provided a total of US$ 21.6
million grant to Mongolia through the UNICEF to fight against the COVID-19
pandemic. With this funding, UNICEF has been providing technical,
logistical and financial support to the Government of Mongolia in COVID-19
vaccination campaign, procurement of the cold chain equipment, expanding the
vaccine storage facility, and vaccine stocks.
“UNICEF highly appreciates the generous financial support
from Japan to support Mongolia in its effort to fight the pandemic. I
congratulate the Government of Mongolia with the remarkable progress in
vaccinating its people against COVID-19, in a timely manner. The Pfizer
vaccines delivered through our collaboration helped the country immensely
filling the gaps in vaccination” said Evariste Kouassi-Komlan, UNICEF Mongolia
Representative.
“I would like to express my deepest gratitude to UNICEF and
its staff for their hard efforts for implementing the projects. At the same
time, I would like to praise health care workers and the Government of Mongolia
for the relentless efforts to respond to the pandemic. I hope that the vaccines
procured with Japan’s financial support will help bring COVID-19 pandemic under
control, protect health of the Mongolian people and restore the social and
economic situation in this country, “said Ambassador of Japan to Mongolia
Hiroyuki Kobayashi.
In 2021, UNICEF has provided 46% of the total COVID 19
vaccines supply in Mongolia in partnership with the Government of Mongolia,
Government of Japan and COVAX Facility.
Source: UNICEF Mongolia
