504,000 doses of vaccine from COVAX arrive in Cote d'Ivoire

Workers transfer boxes of COVID-19 vaccines arrived at Abidjan International Airport in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, Feb. 26, 2021. Cote d'Ivoire on Friday received 504,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine from the vaccine-sharing COVAX initiative, according to the country's Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene. The vaccine is produced by the pharmaceutical group AstraZeneca and will be administered in two doses in accordance with World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations. Cote d'Ivoire is the second African country after Ghana to receive COVID-19 vaccines under the WHO-backed COVAX mechanism. (Photo by Yvan Sonh/Xinhua)