Covid-19: 5,700 persons vaccinated by sundown on Monday
117,115 people vaccinated across Maldives since Febraury 1
Vaccinations are now open for those aged 20 and above in the Male' area
A total of 5,700 people were administered doses of the Covid-19 vaccine between Sunday and Monday, with which the total number of those vaccinated against the infection in Maldives is now 117,115.
The latest vaccination update made public by the Health Protection Agency (HPA) confirms that a total of 5,700 people were vaccinated against Covid-19 across the Maldives on Monday. This includes 2,088 people vaccinated from the Male' area and 3,612 people vaccinated from atolls.
There are presently seven vaccination centers and two mobile vaccination teams active in Male' City, where vaccinations are open for ages 20 and above, high-risk groups between 18 and 20 years, and caretakers of elderly or chronically ill bedridden patients.
The Maldives reached a milestone in the island nation's pandemic story on Saturday, when100,000 people across the country were confirmed to have received their first dose of the Covishield vaccine. President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih had initiated the national Covid-19 vaccination programme on 1 February.
A total of 117,115 people have been vaccinated in the Maldives by sundown on 1 March, including 77,251 vaccinated in the Greater Male' area, and 39,864 people vaccinated from atolls outside the capital.
While the Maldives seen over 117,000 vaccinations conducted by Monday, only the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covishield vaccine has been cleared for emergency use in the island nation. Presently, the island nation has secured enough doses of Covid-19 vaccines to immunize all those living in the Maldives against Covid-19, free of cost and as per the government's Covid-response plan, through various agreements and foreign commitments.
