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Leocadia Bongben

Cameroon Takes Covid-19 Vaccination Campaign To Churches, Markets

A public health worker displays a vial of the AstraZeneca vaccine at a Covid-19 vaccination clinic. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon — There was little activity at the Central Hospital of Yaoundé Covid-19 vaccination center at noon on June 28, a fortnight to the five-day national immunization campaign.

Covid-19 vaccination exercise starts from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., but by noon, there is no one at the center except four staff members.

The Central Hospital of Yaoundé is Cameroon’s largest hospital, located in the capital, Yaoundé.

This was the same situation at another Covid-19 vaccination center at the Yaoundé Gynaeco-Obstetric and Pediatric Hospital in Ngousso when Zenger News reporter visited on June 26.

As of June 30, 2021, there were 80,858 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Cameroon, with 1,324 deaths.

In April 2021, Cameroon received 591,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines—200,000 doses of the Chinese Sinopharm vaccines on April 11, and 391,000 Oxford-AstraZeneca doses on April 17.

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