“The vaccine will immediately be distributed to all provinces and districts across the country,” the ministry said in a statement.
“The vaccination programme begins next week after the country takes delivery of the first batch of Covid-19 vaccines,” it added.
The vaccines will be first distributed to 10 provincial storage facilities, then to 1,800 clinics, it said, adding that there was adequate cold chain equipment to keep the vaccines “in their potent state up to the point of use”.
Frontline workers deemed most at risk of infection have been lined up to receive the first shots.
The government aims to vaccinate 10 million of its over 14.5 million population to achieve community immunity.
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