Congolese President, FELIX TSHISEKEDI, who criticized the AstraZeneca vaccine for Covid-19 as inoculations began, has received the first dose and urged the nation to get jabbed too.
A source in the presidential office declined to say which brand of vaccine TSHISEKEDI had received and said that the main thing was the “strong gesture” of having it done.
TSHISEKEDI told journalists after receiving the shot on Sunday evening along with his wife, DENISE that the vaccine remains the best solution for now.
Meanwhile officials confirmed the arrival of the doses in the Democratic Republic of the Congo where more than 250,000 additional doses of the MODERNA vaccine. Several thousand more doses of Johnson & Johnson, AstraZeneca and Pfizer vaccines are also due in the coming weeks.
Official data showed that since April, more than 85,000 people have received at least one dose, with over 25,000 having received their second.
