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COVID-19 vaccines shipped by COVAX arrive in Sierra Leone

Freetown, Sierra Leone, Monday 8 March 2021 - Today, Sierra Leone received the first batch of 96,000 doses of the AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccine shipped via the COVAX Facility, a partnership between the Government Sierra Leone, CEPI, Gavi, UNICEF and WHO. This is a historic step towards our goal to ensure equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines globally, in what will be the largest vaccine procurement and supply operation in history. The delivery is part of a first wave of arrivals of an initial 528,000 doses that will continue till end of May 2021.
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Update COVID-19 07 March 2021

07 March 2021 — Forty-two (42) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 2735 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases nineteen thousand, five hundred, and fifty-one (19551). To date, seventeen thousand, eight hundred, and forty (17840) patients have recovered, including forty (40) in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is one thousand, four hundred, and forty-three (1443) and two hundred, and sixty-eight (268) deaths. 

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Update COVID-19 06 March 2021

06 March 2021 — Eighty-three (83) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 5122 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases nineteen thousand, five hundred, and nine (19509). To date, seventeen thousand, eight hundred, and ten (17810) patients have recovered, including fifty-nine (59) in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is one thousand, four hundred, and forty-two (1442) and two hundred, and sixty-seven (267) deaths. 

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Infodemics and the quest for verified information on COVID-19

World Health Organization (WHO) Gambia trained 60 local journalists on prevention and management of misinformation in the context of COVID-19.  From 18th to 19th January 2021, journalists were equipped with skills to deal with misconceptions and fake news like “COVID-19 is over".

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Update COVID-19 05 March 2021

05 March 2021 — Ninety-two (92) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 4534 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases nineteen thousand, four hundred, and twenty-six (19426). To date, seventeen thousand, seven hundred, and fifty-one (17751) patients have recovered, including sixty-nine (69) in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is one thousand, four hundred, and eighteen (1418) and two hundred, and sixty-seven (267) deaths. 

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Malawi receives first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines from COVAX

Lilongwe, 5 March 2021 - Today, Malawi received COVID-19 vaccine doses shipped via the COVAX Facility, a partnership between CEPI, Gavi, UNICEF and WHO. This is a historic step towards the goal of COVAX to ensure equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines globally, in what will be the largest vaccine procurement and supply operation in history.

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