COVID-19 vaccination in Angola
Date10 March 2021 (2021-03-10) – present
LocationAngola
MotiveCOVID-19 pandemic in Angola

COVID-19 vaccination in Angola is an ongoing immunisation campaign against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), in response to the ongoing pandemic in the country. As of 15 June 2021, Angola has administered 1,314,375 doses of vaccines.[1][2]822,109 people with the first dose and 492,266 people fully vaccinated.[3][4] Angola began their vaccination program shortly after receiving their first shipment of Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine in early March 2021.[5][6]

Background

Vaccines on order

Vaccine Ordered Received Approval Deployment
Sputnik V Yes Yes
Oxford–AstraZeneca 2,177,000 624,000 Yes Yes
Sinopharm BIBP Yes No
Pfizer 100,602 0 No No
Sputnik Light Yes No

History

Timeline

March 2021

On 2 March 2021, Angola received its first shipment of 624,000 of Oxford/Astrazeneca vaccine courtesy of COVAX.[7]

Mass vaccination started on 10 March.[8] By the end of the month 111,230 vaccine doses had been administered.[9]

April 2021

Angola received 495,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine which the Democratic Republic of Congo had been unable to use before the expiry date.[10]

As of 23 April 2021, Angola had administered a total of 456,349 doses.[11] By the end of the month 513,000 persons had received an inoculation.[12][13]

May 2021

On 30 May, Angola received 25,000 doses of the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine donated by Russia.[14][15]

By the end of the month 1.75 million doses had been administered, including 294,577 second doses.[16][17]

June 2021

On 1 June, Angola received 100,620 doses of the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine purchased through COVAX.[16]

On 29 June, the Health Minister announced that due to a shortage of vaccine doses, first doses would be suspended until further notice while second doses would continue to be administered.[18]

By the end of the month, 1.5 million vaccine doses had been administered.[9]

July 2021

By the end of the month, 1.7 million vaccine doses had been administered.[9]

August 2021

On 26 August, Angola received 185,000 doses of the Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine donated by Portugal, which has so far donated 370,000 vaccines to Angola.[19]

By the end of the month 1.9 million vaccine doses had been administered.[9]

September 2021

On 27 September, Angola received 1.2 million doses of the Sinopharm BIBP vaccine through COVAX.[20]

By the end of the month 3.1 million vaccine doses had been administered.[9]

October 2021

By the end of the month 6.2 million vaccine doses had been administered while 12% of the target population had been fully vaccinated.[9]

November 2021

In late November, Angola received 453,600 doses of the Janssen COVID-19 vaccine courtesy of the Mastercard Foundation.[21]

By the end of the month 9.3 million vaccine doses had been administered while 21% of the target population had been fully vaccinated.[9]

December 2021

By the end of the month 11 million vaccine doses had been administered while 28% of the target population had been fully vaccinated.[9]

January 2022

By the end of the month 14.6 million vaccine doses had been administered while 35% of the target population had been fully vaccinated.[9]

February 2022

By the end of the month 16.6 million vaccine doses had been administered while 5.6 million persons had been fully vaccinated.[9]

March 2022

By the end of the month 17.7 million vaccine doses had been administered while 6.1 million persons had been fully vaccinated.[9]

April 2022

By the end of the month 17.9 million vaccine doses had been administered while 6.3 million persons had been fully vaccinated.[9]

Progress

Cumulative vaccinations

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Progress Table

8 Jun 2021 1,115,919
31 May 2021 909,215
26 May 2021 859,979
18 May 2021 681,502
12 May 2021 626,572
23 Apr 2021 456,349
19 Apr 2021 395,447
11 Apr 2021 245,442
29 Mar 2021 130,750
24 Mar 2021 87,022
18 Mar 2021 49,000,
8 Mar 2021 6,169
5 Mar 2021 0

References

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  8. ^ "Emerging lessons from Africa's COVID-19 vaccine rollout". World Health Organization. 27 April 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Africa COVID-19 dashboard (World Health Organization).
  10. ^ Princewill, Nimi (19 May 2021). "African countries have struggled to secure enough Covid-19 vaccines. So why are thousands of doses going to waste?". CNN. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  11. ^ Faria, Julia (27 April 2021). "Cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccination doses in Angola 2021". Statista. Archived from the original on 8 May 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  12. ^ "513,000 people receive COVID-19 jabs in Angola". Seal. 30 April 2021. Archived from the original on 12 May 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  13. ^ "Africa will not meet WHO's 10% vaccination target by September: WHO AFRO". 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.
  14. ^ Costa, Tatiana (31 May 2021). "Russia offers 25,000 doses of the covid-19 vaccine to Angola". Ver Angola. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  15. ^ "20 Million Africans Are Due For Their 2nd COVID Shot. But There's No Supply In Sight". NPR.org. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  16. ^ a b Silva, Graciosa (1 June 2021). "Country receives over one hundred thousand doses of vaccines from Pfizer against covid-19". Ver Angola. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  17. ^ "Third wave sweeps across Africa as Covid vaccine imports dry up". The Guardian. 7 June 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  18. ^ "Angola has no vaccines for administering the first dose against covid-19". Ver Angola. 29 June 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  19. ^ "Portugal envia para Angola terceiro lote de vacinas contra a Covid-19". www.portugal.gov.pt. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  20. ^ Costa, Tatiana (28 September 2021). "Country received 1.2 million doses of chinese vaccine against covid-19". Ver Angola. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  21. ^ "Angola/Mozambique: Mastercard Foundation donates 1.2M Janssen vaccines". Club of Mozambique. 30 November 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
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