COVID-19 vaccination in Cape Verde explained

See also: COVID-19 pandemic in Cape Verde. Cape Verde has begun vaccinations against COVID-19.[1]

COVID-19 vaccination in Cape Verde
Cause:COVID-19 pandemic
Date:19 March 2021 - present
Location:Cape Verde

Background

Vaccines on order

Cape Verde is in negotiations with vaccine manufacturers.[2] It intends to receive 267,293 vaccine doses through the COVAX pillar.[3]

!Vaccine!Approval!Deployment
Oxford–AstraZeneca
Pfizer–BioNTech

History

Timeline

March 2021

Cape Verde is in negotiations with vaccine manufacturers. Courtesy of COVAX it received 24,000 doses of the Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine on 12 March and 5,850 doses of the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on 14 March. Vaccinations commenced on 19 March.[4] By the end of the month 3,699 vaccine doses had been administered.[5]

April 2021

By 19 April, 8,330 persons had been inoculated, most of whom with the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine. By the end of the month 15,780 vaccine doses had been administered.

May 2021

21,318 vaccine doses had been administered by 12 May. By the end of the month 27,276 vaccine doses had been administered.

June 2021

By the end of the month 86,434 vaccine doses had been administered.

July 2021

By the end of the month 173,183 vaccine doses had been administered.

August 2021

By the end of the month 296,476 vaccine doses had been administered.

September 2021

By the end of the month 414,300 vaccine doses had been administered.

October 2021

By the end of the month 504,434 vaccine doses had been administered. 94% of the targeted population had been fully vaccinated.

November 2021

By the end of the month 544,075 vaccine doses had been administered. By mid-November, the entire targeted population had been fully vaccinated.

December 2021

By the end of the month 571,130 vaccine doses had been administered. The entire targeted population was fully vaccinated.

January 2022

By the end of the month 611,615 vaccine doses had been administered. The entire targeted population was fully vaccinated.

February 2022

By the end of the month 704,843 vaccine doses had been administered. The entire targeted population was fully vaccinated.

March 2022

By the end of the month 728,077 vaccine doses had been administered. The entire targeted population was fully vaccinated.

April 2022

By the end of the month 752,194 vaccine doses had been administered. The entire targeted population was fully vaccinated.

Progress

Cumulative vaccinations

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cabo Verde Country Overview World Health Organization. 2021-03-08. www.who.int. en. 17 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210817215759/https://www.who.int/countries/kaz. live.
  2. Web site: 2021-01-22. Cabo Verde: Vaccination to cover 95% of population at risk at start-up. 2021-03-08. Macau Business. en-GB. 7 March 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210307052307/https://www.macaubusiness.com/cabo-verde-vaccination-to-cover-95-of-population-at-risk-at-start-up/. live.
  3. Web site: 2021-03-12. COVID-19 vaccines sent by COVAX arrive in Cabo Verde. 2021-05-12. Unicef. 12 May 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210512150959/https://www.unicef.org/wca/press-releases/covid-19-vaccines-sent-covax-arrive-cabo-verde. live.
  4. Web site: Cabo Verde: China vaccines against Covid-19 awaited as 8,330 inoculated so far. Macau Business. 26 May 2021. 20 April 2021. 1 December 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211201034233/https://www.macaubusiness.com/cabo-verde-china-vaccines-against-covid-19-awaited-as-8330-inoculated-so-far/. live.
  5. Africa COVID-19 dashboard (World Health Organization).