Vanuatu coronavirus vaccine rollout to take until end of 2023
by Dan McGarry in Port Vila from on (#5ENX3)
The majority of the Pacific nation's population won't be immunised for another two years, government planning documents show
Despite a tourism-dependent economy devastated by coronavirus shutdowns, Vanuatu's Covid-19 vaccination programme will not inoculate most of its population until the end of 2023.
According to the ministry of health's national deployment and vaccination plan, the first shots will be administered in April this year, but only the most vulnerable 20% of the population will get a jab in the first phase.
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