By Jerry Omondi
The number of people that have been fully vaccinated from COVID-19 in Rwanda has reached 252,842 as the country continues its mass inoculation drive.
According to the ministry of health, the fully vaccination people are part of a cumulative figure of 394,067 persons that have received at least one jab of the vaccine.
Rwanda ramped up its mass vaccination exercise last month after receiving additional 247,000 doses of AstraZeneca through the World Health Organization (WHO) COVAX mechanism.
The vaccination program has prioritized high-risk groups, including the elderly (aged 60 and above), healthcare workers and people with chronic health conditions.
By Saturday, the East African country had reported 47,667 COVID-19 infections with 551 deaths.
The East African county needs at least 13 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to inoculate 60 percent of the population – about 7.5 million people – which it targets to immunize by June 2022.