Vaccine scarcity becoming an issue of the past, says Dr. Aceng

Health Mnister Dr Jane Ruth Aceng has said that vaccine scarcity is now an issue of the past. “There are more than 5 million doses of vaccines in the country, with a consignment of Johnson & Johnson arriving soon, which would work toward increasing vaccination across the country,” she added. The first batch of 196,800 doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine arrived in Uganda on Thursday night. The country has thus far received 5,690,363 doses of Covid-19 vaccines from AstraZeneca, Sinovac, Moderna, Pfizer, and, most recently, J&J. A total of 2,282,414 doses have been administered, with a further 2,080,594…