PAYNESVILLE – The government of Liberia has begun administering the Johnson & Johnson vaccines recently donated by the United States Government to people age 18 years and above, and for those who have not taken any COVID-19 vaccines.
The rollout of the J&J attracted a huge turnout at various sites in Monrovia including the Paynesville City Hall where it was officially launched.
The event attracted officials including Foreign Minister Dee Maxwell Kemayah, Health Minister, Dr. Wilhelmina Jallah and newly arrived United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission Director Jim Wright and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Country Director Dr. Rachel Idowu, among others.
The Risk Communications Manager of the Incident Management System (IMS), Chester Smith told reporters that the IMS and the Montserrado County Health Team, have set up 40 health facilities across Montserrado County, 10 temporary sites including the Monrovia City Hall, Paynesville City Hall, Barnersville Town Hall, GSA Compound, and Farmington Hotel in Margibi County to administer the vaccines.
The IMS has also designated 20 market sites for J&J vaccination including the Waterside Market, Red Light General Market, Goba-chop, Jacob Town Market, Redemption Day-Gardnersville, Jukpen Town, ELWA Market, Duala Market, Kuwait Market, Clara Town, Old Road, Poultry Market (Red Light community) and the VOA Market in Brewerville, Duport Road Market, Rehab Market, Rally Town, Roto Town Market, Pepperwood Town Market, Barnesville Market and 72nd Market.
All persons 18 years and above are eligible for the J&J COVID-19 Vaccines, including Pregnant or breastfeeding mothers, people with medical conditions (high blood pressure, diabetes, HIV, etc.).
He disclosed that a new batch of 96,000 AstraZeneca vaccines is expected to arrive in the country this week and called on people who have taken the first dose and awaiting the second not to panic but wait for the vaccines’ arrival.
On top of the massive rollout in the coming weeks, the government is targeting a little over 2 million people to reach the herd immunity threshold
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Government of Liberia expect to received 96,000 Dosage of J&J Vaccines .
Kerkula Blama
Kerkula Blama also known as Aketella is a Liberian journalist and the CEO of Geez Liberia. He is also a blogger, vlogger, On-Air Personality, curator, PR, A&R and Social Media Influencer.