Freetown, 10 April 2021 – Sierra Leone today received the first batch of Ebola vaccines donated through the partnership between the World Health Organization (WHO) and the vaccine manufacturer Johnson & Johnson. A total of 30 000 regimen of the vaccines have been approved for Sierra Leone to protect people at high risk of the disease. Each regimen consists of two doses and would be given to the beneficiaries approximately eight weeks apart. The first consignment consists of 640 doses. Another consignment of 3 840 is expected to arrive in Freetown on 11 April. Subsequent consignments will be delivered during the period of the preventive vaccination.
